dc.contributor.author | Al Allawi, N.A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Al Dousky, A.A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-17T09:09:37Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-17T09:09:37Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | EN |
dc.identifier.issn | 1020-3397 | EN |
dc.identifier.other | http://applications.emro.who.int/emhj/V16/04/16_4_2010_0381_0385.pdf | EN |
dc.identifier.uri | https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/117880 | |
dc.description | 381-385 | EN |
dc.description.abstract | Beta-thalassaemia major and sickle-cell disease are important health problems in Iraq. To provide information for a prevention programme, the frequency of haemoglobin disorders was mapped in Dohuk governorate. A total of 591 couples [1182 individuals] attending health centres for premarital health screening were tested; 44 [3.7%] were found to be carriers of beta-thalassaemia, 14 [1.2%] of the sickle-cell gene and 1 [0.1%] of delta beta-thalassaemia. A total of 3 couples [i.e. 5/1000] were at risk of having a child with beta-thalassaemia major, and the estimated number of affected children with a major haemoglobinopathy was 39 per year. The findings stress the importance of a regional prevention programme for haemoglobinopathies based on premarital screening, counselling and prenatal diagnosis | EN |
dc.language.iso | en | EN |
dc.subject | beta-Thalassemia | EN |
dc.subject | Premarital Examinations | EN |
dc.subject | Questionnaires | EN |
dc.subject | Prevalence | EN |
dc.subject.mesh | Hemoglobinopathies | EN |
dc.title | Frequency of haemoglobinopathies at premarital health screening in Dohuk, Iraq: implications for a regional prevention programme | EN |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | EMHJ - Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 16 (4), 381-385, 2010 | |