The World Sickle Cell Day is being observed on June 19, 2019.
It is observed each year to raise public awareness about the sickle cell disease and its treatment methods.
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited genetic abnormality of haemoglobin.
In 2008 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution that recognises sickle cell disease as a public health problem and one of the world’s foremost genetic diseases.