Since the implementation low of premarital testing for thalassemia, there has been a great reduction in the number of new cases of thalassemia major. The number of new cases has dropped from around 40 cases per to only three or four cases.
It is hoped that within the next few years, the number of new cases drop to zero. This
needs understanding the inheritance of different types of thalassemia and related
conditions, studying the recent new cases of thalassemia major and trying to take actions
on preventing further new cases.