Today (8) is World Thalaseemia Day.

This year's World Thalassemia Day is observed under the theme of 'Empowering Lives, Embracing Progress: Equitable and Accessible Thalassemia Treatment for All.”

Thalaseemia is a blood disorder that is inherited from parents to children.

There are many types of thalassemia disease.

If a person suffers from thalassemia disease he or she will have a few red blood cells and very little haemoglobin.

People of Mediterranean, South Asian, and African ancestry are more tend to get infected by Thalaseemia.
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