• 3rd Pan-European Conference on Haemglobinopathies and Rare Anaemias

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24 – 26 October 2012, Limassol - Cyprus

The Thalassaemia International Federation is delighted to announce the organisation of the 3rd Pan-European Conference continuing the success of the events of Lisbon (2007) and Berlin (2010). Held under the auspices of the Cyprus Presidency and in close collaboration with the Cyprus Ministry of Health the conference will bring together stakeholders from 27 Member States to discuss avenues of action to tackle the growing public health burden of chronic and rare diseases in Member States and the EU.

The three-day conference aims to:

• Set the scene for the implementation of national prevention and management programmes in all EU Member States
  
• Address the issue of health inequalities across the EU
  
• Motivate patients to claim their rights for access to quality healthcare
  
• Stress the benefits of multidisciplinary care
  
• Promote active and healthy ageing
  
• Convey information regarding cardiac, endocrine and liver complications
  
• Explore the new advancements in the care and cure of haemoglobin disorders and rare anaemias
  
• Debate on methods of best practice
  
• Emphasize the importance of patient-centred healthcare systems
  
• Discuss EU health policies, directives, strategies, programmes as they relate to chronic and rare diseases
  

Who should attend?

• Patients and Patient Organisations
  
• Healthcare professionals/ medical specialists
  
• Academics / researchers
  
• Policy-makers at national, regional and EU level
  
• Industry