The steady increase in the number of thalassaemia patients and carriers in Europe, as well as the challenges this poses to both the health systems of EU countries and to the optimal care of those suffering from the disease, was highlighted at the press conference to announce the findings of the International Thalassaemia Federation's (IOF) 'Thalassaemia in Action' project, held on Monday at the Federation's offices in Nicosia.
The TIF's four-year programme of activities (2018-21) "Thalassaemia In Action" (THALassaemia In Action - THALIA) was co-funded by the Third Health Programme of the European Commission's Consumer, Health and Food Executive Agency (CHAFEA).
The Head of the EU Delegation in Cyprus, Myrto Zabarta, in her welcome address, said, inter alia, that the steady increase in the number of
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