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June 18, 2024 News by Mary Chapman

SCDF leads effort to use real-world patient data to transform SCD care

The Sickle Cell Disease Foundation (SCDF), in partnership with the Center for Inherited Blood Disorders (CIBD) and The Hills Tandem, is leading a real-world health data initiative that is progressing toward its goal of improving sickle cell disease (SCD) patients’ life quality and transforming their care. The…

August 26, 2021 News by Marta Figueiredo, PhD

$1M Grant Will Help SCD Patients in Western US Get COVID-19 Vaccine

The Sickle Cell Disease Foundation (SCDF) will use a $1 million grant to educate sickle cell disease (SCD) patients living in the western U.S. about the COVID-19 vaccine and assist them in accessing vaccination programs. The goal is to increase the number of SCD patients in western U.S.

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