Increased public awareness about the Thalassemia blood disease is now a challenge for the government to set up testing centres in remote areas of the country an expert said on Friday. In India or say Kolkata HPLC (High-Performance Liquid Chromatography) test is not available in remote places Thalassemia Society of India Secretary Utpal Panda told IANS on the sidelines of a talk show 'Red Alert-Thalassaemia' at the American Center here. India is virtually the Thalassemia capital of the world with 40 million carriers already and 10000 more added annually. Thalassemia is passed down the families (inherited) in which the body