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- Title
Global Globin Network Consensus Paper: Classification and Stratified Roadmaps for Improved Thalassaemia Care and Prevention in 32 Countries.
- Authors
Halim-Fikri, Bin Hashim; Lederer, Carsten W.; Baig, Atif Amin; Mat-Ghani, Siti Nor Assyuhada; Syed-Hassan, Sharifah-Nany Rahayu-Karmilla; Yusof, Wardah; Abdul Rashid, Diana; Azman, Nurul Fatihah; Fucharoen, Suthat; Panigoro, Ramdan; Silao, Catherine Lynn T.; Viprakasit, Vip; Jalil, Norunaluwar; Mohd Yasin, Norafiza; Bahar, Rosnah; Selvaratnam, Veena; Mohamad, Norsarwany; Nik Hassan, Nik Norliza; Esa, Ezalia; Krause, Amanda
- Abstract
The Global Globin Network (GGN) is a project-wide initiative of the Human Variome/Global Variome Project (HVP) focusing on haemoglobinopathies to build the capacity for genomic diagnosis, clinical services, and research in low- and middle-income countries. At present, there is no framework to evaluate the improvement of care, treatment, and prevention of thalassaemia and other haemoglobinopathies globally, despite thalassaemia being one of the most common monogenic diseases worldwide. Here, we propose a universally applicable system for evaluating and grouping countries based on qualitative indicators according to the quality of care, treatment, and prevention of haemoglobinopathies. We also apply this system to GGN countries as proof of principle. To this end, qualitative indicators were extracted from the IthaMaps database of the ITHANET portal, which allowed four groups of countries (A, B, C, and D) to be defined based on major qualitative indicators, supported by minor qualitative indicators for countries with limited resource settings and by the overall haemoglobinopathy carrier frequency for the target countries of immigration. The proposed rubrics and accumulative scores will help analyse the performance and improvement of care, treatment, and prevention of haemoglobinopathies in the GGN and beyond. Our proposed criteria complement future data collection from GGN countries to help monitor the quality of services for haemoglobinopathies, provide ongoing estimates for services and epidemiology in GGN countries, and note the contribution of the GGN to a local and global reduction of disease burden.
- Subjects
MIDDLE-income countries; GLOBIN; THALASSEMIA; GLOBAL burden of disease; QUALITY of service; COUNTRIES
- Publication
Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 4, p552
- ISSN
2075-4426
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jpm12040552