Sickle cell disease: Transslating clinical care to low-resource countries through international research collaborations

The vast majority of the world ′s population of children and adults with sickle cell disease (SCD) are born in low-resource settings, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and India. As a result numerous well-established, cost-effective, and evidence-based strategies for managing SCD such as newbor n screening, early education, vaccinations, screening for stroke prevention, and treatments with safe transfusions and hydroxyurea are often unavailable, leading to substantial morbidity and increased mortality.

Source: Seminars in Hematology - April 25, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Luke R. Smart, Arielle G. Hernandez, Russell E. Ware Source Type: research