The first five years of a preventive programme for haemoglobinopathies in Northeastern Iraq.

The article discusses a study related to the effectiveness of preventive program for haemoglobinopathies in northeastern Iraq. It states that haemoglobinopathies are inherited disorders related to globin chain synthesis. It informs that this disorder can be quantitative or qualitative, and most of the couples are diagnosed by prematerial screening, and 76 percent of prenatal diagnosis is directed by selective termination of an affected fetus.