Iron Chelation Therapy for Thalassemia Patients

Dear Generous Donor,

Kashif Iqbal Thalassemia Care Centre has continually been providing iron chelation therapy to over 1000 registered thalassemia patients from all over the Sindh province. Our project of providing this therapy free of cost is progressing steadily, owing to your support.

Complications:

Iron overload is one of the most severe complications arising from thalassaemia. Since, at the moment, thalassemia treatment in Pakistan is reliant mostly on frequent blood transfusions, approximately 2 per month, iron levels in the body rise promptly. With each transfusion, iron accumulates in the body and starts depositing in vital organs like the liver, heart, and even certain endocrine glands. This causes a series of complications like liver failure, diabetes, and heart failure as these organs begin to malfunction. This condition could eventually lead to death as well if left untreated.

Remedy:

While iron overload is a serious issue, it can be prevented. By ensuring regular blood testing and providing iron chelation therapy, iron overload can be managed in thalassemia patients. This therapy includes medications like deferasirox, deferiprone, and deferoxamine, which are administered orally and via IVs through the use of an infusion pump.

The challenge:

Medications and infusion pumps required for iron chelation therapy are quite costly and hence have become inaccessible to many patients because of their socioeconomic background. This is a big challenge because, as stated before, iron overload can be fatal without appropriate treatment.

Addressing the challenge:

Kitcc aims to eliminate this affordability issue and make iron chelation therapy available for our patients at zero cost to them. But this is a costly endeavour. To do so, we require financial aid from the generous donors at GlobalGiving. Our project goal is set at $94627.  This amount will ease our path and help us achieve our goal of free medications for our patients.

Requirements:

Out of our set project goal of $94627, an amount of $94607 remains to be collected. Reaching our target will ensure that treatment for our 1045 registered thalassemia patients runs continually and without any financial burden for them.

With your help, we are confident of meeting our project goals quickly.

Thank you for your commitment to saving lives; your contributions make a huge difference in their lives.

With profound gratefulness,

Kashif Iqbal Thalassemia Care Centre.