Iranian national thalassaemia screening programme

Iran's experience shows that genetic screening can be successful in lower resource countries and also provides some lessons for high resource nations Summary pointsIran's thalassaemia programme was implemented in 1997 Linkage to premarital testing within an effective primary care infrastructure has ensured good take up Feedback from the community through systematic evaluation led to national acceptance of prenatal diagnosis Details of the programme's performance are on bmj.com