Epidemiology, care and prevention of hemoglobinopathies

Nasir Al-Allawi

From Research to Practice: Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research 2011

November 18, 2011 - Geneva

Al-Allawi N. Epidemiology, care and prevention of hemoglobinopathies. Paper presented at: Training Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health Research; 2011 Nov 18; Geneva. Available from: https://www.gfmer.ch/SRH-Course-2011/community-genetics/Epidemiology-care-prevention-hemoglobinopathies-Al-Allawi-2011.htm

Relevant online documents

Al-Allawi NA, Al-Dousky AA. Frequency of haemoglobinopathies at premarital health screening in Dohuk, Iraq: implications for a regional prevention programme. Eastern Mediterranean health journal [Internet]. 2010 Apr [cited 2010 Jul 16];16(4):381-5. Available from: http://www.emro.who.int/publications/emhj/1604/article6.htm
Hamamy H, Al-Hait S, Alwan A. Strategies for low and medium resource countries in the community care and prevention of birth defects: Jordan model. A proposal for a national strategy on the care and prevention of birth defects in Jordan. Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research [Internet]. 2009 Aug 27 [cited 2010 Jul 16]. Available from: https://www.gfmer.ch/Medical_genetics_education_research/Strategies_care_prevention_birth_defects_Jordan_model_Hamamy_2009.htm
Modell B, Darlison M. Global epidemiology of haemoglobin disorders and derived service indicators. Bull. World Health Organ [Internet]. 2008 Jun [cited 2010 Jul 16];86(6):480-7. Available from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2647473/
WHO. Management of haemoglobin disorders: report of a joint WHO-TIF meeting, Nicosia, Cyprus, 16–18 November 2007 [Internet]. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2008 [cited 2010 Jul 16]. Available from: http://www.who.int/genomics/WHO-TIF_genetics_final.pdf