The theme for 2020 is - 'The dawning of a new era for thalassaemia - Time for a global effort to make novel therapies accessible and affordable to patients.
It is organized by the Thalassemia International Federation since 1994.
It is an inherited blood disorder that causes your body to have less hemoglobin than normal.
Hemoglobin enables red blood cells to carry oxygen.
Patients with thalassaemia suffer from anemia due to low levels of hemoglobin.
West Bengal is the most affected state of Thalassemia.