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June 20, 2016 News by Margarida Azevedo, MSc

World Sickle Cell Awareness Day: A New York Mother’s Outreach to Africa

June 19 was World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, but while more than 94% of children with the disease in the United States live happier, full lives because of early diagnoses and good healthcare; the survival rate of children with sickle cell disease in sub-Saharan Africa sits at an alarming 10%. Knowing that 225,000 children in…

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