11.4pc found thalassemia carrier in Bangladesh: Survey

In Bangladesh, 11.4 percent people aged between 14 and 35 married and unmarried are thalassemia carrier, according to a survey of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) released here Sunday. "Among the thalassemia carriers, 11.9 percent are male while 11.2 are female,"Ligen Shah Nayeem, focal point official of BBS, told the report