Kareem Karassery
State President -Blood Patients Protection Council, Kerala, India
Kareem Karassery is a passionate social worker dedicated to the welfare of acutely ill blood disorder patients, including those affected by Thalassemia, Hemophilia, Sickle Cell Anemia, Aplastic Anemia, and Leukemia. Based in Kerala, India, he has spent over 30 years advocating for the rights of these patients, organizing protests, marches, and hunger strikes to demand access to free life-saving drugs, expert medical treatment, prevention and social justice.
Driven by personal experience as the father of two children with Thalassemia, Kareem Karassery founded the Blood Patients Protection Council (BPPC). He also initiated the creation of two organizations, the Childhood Cancer Society and Malabar THAS Society, incorporating prominent doctors, social workers,press reporters and business leaders. As secretary of these societies, he facilitated medical education programs, free vaccination drives, numerous medical camps,free MRIT2*scanning ,awareness classes, blood screening program and national-level CME programs for health workers and families of blood disorder patients.
Currently, Kareem Karassery serves as a national governing board member of the Federation of Blood Donor Organizations of India (FBDOI) and was formerly the All-India Joint Secretary of the Federation of Indian Thalassemics(FIT). He is also an advisory board member for a project led by York University, England, addressing sickle cell anemia in India and Nepal. Additionally, he advises the Rotary Club of Calicut’s blood bank project.
Kareem Karassery has actively participated in national and international conferences on Thalassemia, presenting a paper at the Thalassemia International Federation conference in Abu Dhabi in2013. Since 1996, he has organized annual World Thalassemia Day events, along with World Sickle Cell Day, World Hemophilia Day, World Blood Donor Day, and World Hepatitis Day. Recently, he spearheaded a statewide free HLA typing initiative in Kerala, facilitating bone marrow transplantation for nearly 100 patients.Council also organised World birth defect day,World Rare disease day andWorld Universal Health Coverage day program in each year since it’s inception.
Kareem Karassery is actively shares updates on his work and initiatives through his Facebook page. Search for “”Kareem Karassery”” to access detailed reports and activities.
Kareem Karassery is a retired primary teacher and also holds a certificate from the Thalassemia international federation (TIF), Nicocia, cyprus, for completing the Thal e-course
Contact Information
Kareem Karassery
State President,
Blood Patients Protection Council, Kerala, India
Phoenix Sailam,
P.O. Karassery,
Calicut-673602, Kerala, India
Mob: +91-9447019182
Email: kareemkarassery@gmail.com”
