TIF’s educational publications provide concise, up-to-date information on all aspects of thalassaemia, from prevention to clinical management. All our publications are available as PDF files completely free of charge. Hard copies and CD-ROM or DVD versions can be ordered directly from TIF.

The translation of TIF’s educational publications into various languages continues in 2011. All translated publications are or will become available on this page of our website.

Please note that some of these PDF files are large and may therefore take a little time to download depending on the speed of your internet connection. Thank you for your patience.

NEW! All About Thalassaemia (2010)
Dr Androulla Eleftheriou.

Sickle Cell Disease (2008)
Inati-Khoriaty A

A new educational booklet for parents, patients and the community.

Guidelines for the Clinical Management of Thalassaemia 2nd Edition Revised (2008)
Cappellini M-D, Cohen A, Eleftheriou A, Piga A, Porter J, Taher A
Written by some of the world’s leading authorities on haemoglobin disorders, this fully updated 2nd edition of TIF’s groundbreaking Guidelines forms a major step towards providing consistent quality medical care to every patient with thalassaemia in every corner of the world.

About Thalassaemia (2007)
Eleftheriou A

Beta-Thalassaemia educational booklet (2007)
Eleftheriou A, Angastiniotis M
This booklet provides basic information about β-thalassaemia in an easily understandable format.

Alpha-Thalassaemia educational booklet (2007)
Eleftheriou A, Angastiniotis M
This booklet provides basic information about α-thalassaemia in an easily understandable format.

Sickle Cell Disorders educational booklet (2007)
Eleftheriou A, Angastiniotis M
This booklet provides basic information about sickle cell disorders in an easily understandable format.

Patients’ Rights (2007)
Eleftheriou A
Learn about your rights as a patient!

A Guide to Establishing a Non-Profit Patient Support Organisation (2007)
Eleftheriou A

Prevention of Thalassaemias and Other Haemoglobin Disorders Vol.2 (2004)
Old J, Traeger-Synodinos J, Petrou M, Galanello R, Angastiniotis M (eds.)

Prevention of Thalassaemias and Other Haemoglobin Disorders Vol.1 (2003)
Galanello R, Eleftheriou A, Trager-Synodinos J, Old J, Petrou M,
Angastiniotis M (eds.)


The translation of TIF's educational publications into various languages continues in 2010. All publications of translated books are or will become available on TIF's website: www.thalassaemia.org.cy. The following publications that are expected to be finalised and distributed in 2010 are:

  • About Thalassaemia – Urdu, Vietnamese, Nepalese, Spanish, German, Bulgarian, Romanian, Lao and Malay.
  • Guidelines for the Clinical Management of Thalassaemia – Skopje, Chinese, Greek and Vietnamese, Farsi and Arabic.
  • Prevention of thalassaemias and other haemoglobin disorders – Chinese.
  • Set of three educational booklets (About α-thalassaemia, About β-thalassaemia and About Sickle Cell Disorders) – Hindi, German, Nepalese, Vietnamese and Greek.
  • Patients' Rights – Greek
  • Sickle cell disease – Arabic and German

The above publications have been translated in a number of languages. Please see Publications for more information.

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