Thalassaemia care is advancing fast, from gene therapies to AI diagnostics, but access and prevention still lag behind.

Hear from the authors of The Lancet Haematology's "Thalassaemia revisited: from health burden to breakthroughs" Series, produced with The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia, on epidemiology across Asia, what's working in prevention, the real barriers to gene therapy access, and what's next for hydroxyurea, regional manufacturing, and AI in patient care.

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The Lancet Regional Heath Southeast Asia: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lansea/article/PIIS2772-3682(26)00148-4/fulltext and https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lansea/article/PIIS2772-3682(26)00095-8/fulltext

The Lancet Haematology: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(26)00173-0/fulltext and https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhae/article/PIIS2352-3026(26)00197-3/fulltext

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Editorial team: Editor-in-Chief Shalini Garg and senior editors Apoorva Dharmendra and Bhavani Nivetha

Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti

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In this episode, our senior editor Bhavani Nivetha speaks with Rakhi Dandona, representing the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Stillbirth Collaborators, about their new research on state and national estimates of stillbirth in India at 22 and 28 weeks of gestation. The discussion explores the challenges of measuring stillbirth burden and the methods used to generate estimates despite substantial data limitations. They also discuss the study's key findings, including important insights into stillbirths occurring between 22 and 27 weeks of gestation, an area where robust evidence has been limited. The conversation highlights the policy implications of these findings for India, with a focus on prevention, improved surveillance, and addressing stillbirth as a preventable and actionable public health issue. The conversation concludes with reflections on the need for strengthened health systems, greater awareness, and continued research to reduce the burden of stillbirth across the country.

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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lansea/article/PIIS2772-3682(26)00104-6/fulltext

The Lancet Regional Health Southasia in conversation with... is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering.

Editorial team: Editor-in-Chief Shalini Garg and senior editors Apoorva Dharmendra and Bhavani Nivetha

Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti

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In this episode, our Senior Editor Apoorva Dharmendra speaks with Dr Vivek Kute and Dr Manish Balwani about their new research on the unmet need for solid organ transplantation in India. The discussion explores the motivation behind the study, the current landscape of organ donation and transplantation in India, and the methods used to estimate transplantation needs. They also discuss the study's key findings, including some surprising insights, and the clinical and policy implications of addressing the substantial gap between organ supply and demand. The conversation concludes with priorities for future research and health system strengthening to improve access to organ transplantation in India.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lansea/article/PIIS2772-3682(26)00109-5/fulltext

The Lancet Regional Health Southasia in conversation with... is part of the Lancet Group podcast offering.

Editorial team: Editor-in-Chief Shalini Garg and senior editors Apoorva Dharmendra and Bhavani Nivetha

Podcast editing: Matteo Simonetti

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