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World Sickle Cell Day – June 19
June 20 , 2019
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- 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.
- It is observed since 2009.
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