15 October 2023

Program Lead Dr. Kasrina Azad Our Approach  This study will be a cross-sectional mixed-method survey through nationwide school-based community awareness programs with a duration of two years (Sep, 2023- Aug, 2025). The target population for the awareness program at the district level will be school girls (aged 10 to 14 years of age), parents, teachers, local

Program Lead Rumana Mahtarin Our Approach The research project is investigating the detrimental health effect of thalassemia by molecular analysis of β-globin and iron metabolizing regulatory genes in thalassemia carriers and HbE/β and β-thalassemia major patients in Bangladesh. Association of comorbidities and disruption of iron homeostasis have been explored to disseminate the research findings for