In May, African Union member states validated a continental sickle cell plan through Africa CDC, covering screening, diagnosis, treatment and regional care capacity.
By
Eyong Ebai
Managing Director
Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies in Africa
Africa carries the world’s sickle cell burden — and largely suffers it in silence. Eight in 10 people living with the disease are on this continent, with 400,000 children born into that reality every year. Yet for all its scale, sickle cell remains one of Africa’s most neglected health crises.
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