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BTF attended “Second International Workshop on Thalassemia in Eastern India” |
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Tuesday, 24 March 2009 |
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The Second International Workshop on Thalassemia was held on 7-8 March 2009 at Kolkata in India. An eight member team of physicians and patient-parents from Bangladesh Thalassemia Foundation (BTF) attended the workshop. |
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Dr. Makhdum Ahmed received Australian Leadership Award Scholarship |
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Tuesday, 24 March 2009 |
 Dr. Makhdum Ahmed received Australian Leadership Award Scholarship 2009 to study Masters of Public Health. He was strongly recommended by Bangladesh Thalassemia Foundation for this scholarship. Dr. Ahmed actively volunteered in the foundation since 2007. He translated a book on Thalassemia in Bengali which is under the process of publishing. The aim of the book is to give general people an easy understanding on Thalassemia. |
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Regional Conference on Thalassemia, Chittagong, Bangladesh |
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 |
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The Thalassemia Welfare Center, established in 2002, seeks to promote the control of thalassemia through awareness-raising campaigns and to ensure the availability of appropriate treatment to patients with thalassemia in Chittagong, Bangladesh – two goals well served by a regional scientific conference on thalassemia and related disorders held in the city on 27 June 2007. |
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Seminar on "Iron Chelation in Thalassaemia: Present and Future Prospects" |
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007 |
 Bangladesh Thalassaemia Foundation and Bangladesh Society of Hematology jointly organized a seminar entitled “Iron Chelation in Thalassaemia: Present and future prospects” at BIRDEM auditorium in the city on December 12, 2007. Eminent specialist physicians of the country discussed about the importance of iron chelation in the treatment of thalassaemia.
Chairman of the Hematology Department of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and President of Bangladesh Society of Hematology Professor Dr Jalilur Rahman was present as the chief guest while President of Paediatric Society of Bangladesh Professor Dr M A Mannan and Secretary General of Bangladesh Society of Hematology Professor Dr M A Khan were present as Special Guests in the seminar. |
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Noble laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus has expressed his keen interest in alleviating the sufferings of thalassemia in Bangladesh. The remark was made in a meeting with the delegates of Bangladesh Thalassemia Foundation (BTF) held on 21 July, 2009 at his office, Grameen Bank, Dhaka. There was an elaborate discussion on thalassemia. Dr. Md. Abdur Rahim, Secretary General, BTF briefly discussed the cause and suffering of the disease, treatment, cure and preventive measures. He also overviewed the thalassemia situation in Bangladesh. He mentioned that 7% of the Bangladeshi population are thalassemia carriers which equals more than 10 million people and each year 7000 new babies born with thalassemia. Dr. Yunus was alarmed by the prevalence of the disease and expressed his deep concern about the lifelong suffering and expensive treatment of the disease.
