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World Sickle Cell Awareness Day – June 19
June 23 , 2020
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- This disease is a blood disorder which is inherited and passed down from parents to the child.
- In 2008, the UN General Assembly recognized sickle cell disease as a public health problem, and one of the world's foremost genetic diseases.
- In India, it is more common in south Gujarat, north Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and western Odisha.
- This year’s theme is Keeping Hope Alive: Sickle Cell Disease and Covid-19.
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