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World Sickle Cell Awareness Day - June 19
June 21 , 2024
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- It aims to enhance public knowledge and understanding of sickle cell disease, as well as the challenges faced by patients, their families.
- The United Nations General Assembly on December 22, 2008, recognised sickle cell disease as a public health problem.
- Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder caused by a mutation in the hemoglobin gene, leading to the production of abnormal hemoglobin S.
- This results in rigid, crescent-shaped red blood cells that can obstruct blood flow.
- Theme for this year's is "Hope Through Progress: Advancing Sickle Cell Care Globally."
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