Understanding why the Saudi premarital screening programme for Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease does not always meet its objective of preventing marriage amongst “at-risk” couples, and was testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B and C viruses a useful addition to the programme?

Fahad Alswaidi2022-05-302022-05-3018487https://drepo.sdl.edu.sa/handle/20.500.14154/51144Understanding why the Saudi premarital screening programme for Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease does not always meet its objective of preventing marriage amongst “at-risk” couples, and was testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B and C viruses a useful addition to the programme?Thesis