Government approves additional budget to public health
The Council of Ministers on Tuesday gave the go-ahead for the establishment of an additional floor at the Thalassemia Centre in Nicosia. On top of...
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Countdown is on for gene therapy for Thalassaemics
The countdown is on for Thalassaemia gene therapy, the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (Cing) announced on Tuesday on the occasion of World Thalassaemia...
12 per cent of Cypriots carriers for Thalassaemia
Approximately 12 per cent of Cypriots are carriers of Beta minus thalassaemia, while another 700 people have the disease, the Cyprus Institute of Neurology and...
Iraq to get Cypriot expertise in thalassaemia management
Cyprus-based Thalassaemia International Federation (TIF) announced on Thursday they had been invited by the heath authorities of Iraq to provide their expertise on the prevention...
Huge strides in thalassaemia treatment
Around 600 people in Cyprus suffer from thalassaemia and 16 per cent of Cypriots are carriers, putting them among the highest percentage in the...
Campaign to raise awareness on World Thalassaemia Day
IN Cyprus approximately 620 people suffer with thalassaemia, while 15 million people have the disease worldwide, Volunteer Commissioner Yiannis Yiannakis said on Thursday. He was...
Surgeries postponed as blood bank runs short
Cyprus’ blood bank is in need of a lifeline as it is all out of supplies. As a result, scores of surgeries have been postponed...
Thalassaemia drug issue to be resolved soon
By Staff Reporter THE drug Exjade used in the treatment of thalassaemia has already been bought and it’s only a matter of time until patients...
Cash freed up for life-saving meds
THE Cabinet decided on Thursday to free up more than €1.8 million in funds which will be used to provide medication for patients suffering from...
Drugs purchase delays causing havoc to thalassaemia and MS patients
By Peter Stevenson The Health Ministry is doing its best to get medication to patients with thalassaemia and multiple sclerosis despite having its hands tied...
‘Thalassaemia drug is safe’ insists Novartis
By Peter Stevenson LOCAL press reports that the Exjade drug used in the treatment of thalassaemia is unsafe are wide off the mark and contain...
Ministry probes thalassaemia drug deal
By Peter Stevenson THE health ministry has ordered an investigation into the supply of Exjade, a drug used to treat thalassaemia, after alleged irregularities were...
Inconclusive report over transfusion death sent back
THE health minister said yesterday he was sending back a sloppy report presented more than six months after a man died from Hepatitis B from...
