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Vertical Story - What do you know about Thalassemia in Syria

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF367739

Date taken / Date Recorded 11/05/2026 9:48 AM

Country Syria

Commissioning section MSF-SWITZERLAND

Photographer / videographer / producer Asil Sari

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Additional Information / Shotlist SRT:

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It is an inherited disease
related to blood genes.

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I know Thalassemia
is a blood disease

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basically along
the Mediterranean region.

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Thalassemia is a condition
that people can live with,

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provided they receive continuous care
and proper medical follow-up.

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It usually occurs
in individuals

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whose parents both
carry the thalassemia trait.

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00:00:30,797 --> 00:00:33,666
Thalassemia is
an inherited disease.

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Thalassemia is a blood
inherited disorder

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and what
I know is that

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this is preventing
the body

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to generate
healthy hemoglobin.

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And also one of
the symptoms could be

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the color of the

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this is what
I remember mainly

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about Thalassemia.

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00:00:53,353 --> 00:00:54,554
I know
that Thalassemia

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is an inherited disease
related to blood genes.

Keywords

Thalassemia