Achieving the goal of protecting future generations from thalassemia and other hereditary blood disorders requires combined community efforts alongside governmental interventions. This includes enacting legislation to mandate premarital testing and raising public awareness about these diseases, their dangers, modes of transmission, and methods of prevention.
Since its establishment, the Society has exerted its utmost efforts to educate all segments of society—especially youth—through various tools and methods, aiming to shift community behavior toward adopting positive attitudes that help reduce the number of new cases. This is done by promoting a culture of early testing and medical consultation before considering marriage, with the ultimate goal of a Yemen free from thalassemia and hereditary blood disorders.
In this context, the Society develops awareness and prevention projects. However, these projects lack the necessary funding for proper implementation.
Rationale for Awareness and Prevention Projects
The absence of legal provisions that mandate individuals seeking marriage to undergo medical tests and consultations.
The low level of societal awareness regarding thalassemia and hereditary blood disorders, their transmission methods, and ways to prevent them.
The increasing number of cases, particularly among young people, necessitating urgent intervention to reduce incidence rates and, consequently, lower mortality rates.