But not if you suffer from sickle cell disease, which affects nearly eight million people worldwide, most in sub-Saharan Africa. In the UK, approximately 17,500 people have sickle cell disease and ...

In recent years, the battle against sickle cell disease in Africa has seen tremendous progress, thanks to modern medical advances and the implementation of comprehensive screening programs.

Henry visited doctors, specialists, multiple hospitals and emergency rooms before he was diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Henry, now 45, has lived with sickle cell his entire life. The Baton ...

The Department of Posts launched a special postage stamp to support the Sickle Cell Eradication-2047 initiative, aiming to improve the health of tribal communities. (1 Trusted Source ...

September is National Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness Month. Sickle cell anemia is a disease that is inherited genetically through a trait passed to a child by both parents, affecting the blood cells.

Doctors call it an incredibly important but neglected disease. Memphis has some of the highest rates of sickle cell among babies in the entire nation. For this Sickle Cell Awareness month ...

After attending the first annual Global Sickle Cell Disease Congress in Accra, Ghana, in 2010, Obiageli Nnodu returned home to Nigeria with a deep resolve to combat the disease in her own country.

This article is part of “Innovations In: Sickle Cell Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex Pharmaceuticals. Nathan Wood is 15 ...

Last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the National Sickle Cell Anaemia Elimination Mission to eliminate sickle cell disease as a public health problem by 2047, from Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh.

This discount is shown at checkout, if applicable. India has one of the highest prevalences of sickle cell disease in the world, and many of those affected are people from tribal communities and ...

Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a serious genetic disorder with significant implications on morbidity and mortality across the world. Globally, an estimated 7% of the population carries an abnormal ...

The International Sickle Cell Centre (ISCC), a registered non-profit organization in Ghana, has launched the “You Are Not Alone Campaign” at the Tang Palace Hotel in Accra, on the 15th of June ...