Thalassaemia is one of the most widespread recessive blood disorders in the world. This article focuses the historical trajectory by which the Cypriot thalassaemia prevention system, one of the most successful of its kind, achieved full prevention rate. By tracing the history of decision‐making of medical practitioners central to the construction of the prevention system, my objective is to further elucidate underlying logics of policy‐making and health governance which can account for its success. As I suggest, the Cypriot thalassaemia prevention system achieved a full prevention rate because it operated according to a ‘slow’ modality of problematisation and decision‐making, which accounted for the cultural, social and ethical dimensions specific to the Cypriot public.

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塞浦路斯地中海贫血症预防系统的形成：“缓慢的”组装和问题的建构（1944-1984）

地中海贫血是世界上最广泛的隐性血液疾病之一。本文着眼于历史轨迹，通过它，塞浦路斯最成功的地中海贫血预防系统达到了全面预防的水平。通过追踪预防体系建设中心的医生决策历史，我的目标是进一步阐明决策和健康管理的基本逻辑，这些逻辑可以解释其成功的原因。正如我所建议的那样，塞浦路斯地中海贫血症预防系统达到了全面的预防率，因为它是根据问题和决策的“缓慢”模式运作的，这说明了塞浦路斯公众所特有的文化，社会和道德方面。