To provide benefit and service to Thalassaemia patients in Sabah and to those having interest in Thalassaemia. To help to reduce the incidence of Thalassemia patients in Sabah. To foster good will and closer relationship between families of Thalassaemias and vice versa, treatment centres and the public and so on. BACK TO TOP The Disease. Thalassaemia is an inherited blood disease transmitted by a gene.
Thalassaemia major is a severe form of anemia.
Those Thalassaemia major require regular blood tranfusion, about once a month, throughout their lives. In Sabah, they seldom live beyond their teens. At present, there is no cure except through bone marrow transplant. Thalassaemia major is transmitted by two Thalassaemia genes, one from the father one from the mother. A person who has one thalassaemia gene is said to have the Thalassaemia trait.