Professor Fiifi Ofori-Acquah, President of the Ghana Sickle Cell Foundation, says the Foundation since its establishment in 1995 has identified and treated 9,000 children with sickle cell disease through screening of newborns. He said those children would have lost their lives if not identified and treated. Prof. Ofori-Acquah said this…
The G.N.S Foundation, a Non-governmental Organisation, has held free sickle cell screening and education for the girls and management of South Labone Girls Vocational Training Centre. The screening exercise, which formed part of activities to mark World Sickle Cell Day, was on the theme “Achieving Equity in Health Care Access…
Dr Paul Enin, the Chief Executive Officer of Airport Women’s Hospital, has called for more support for sickle cell patients to improve their quality of life. Sickle cell is a blood related condition where the hemoglobin inside red blood cells sticks or clumps together, causing the cell to become fragile,…
Professor Isaac Odame, the Medical Director, Global Sickle Cell Disease Network, says Hydroxyurea drugs have proven to be effective for the treatment of sickle cell disease. He said the drug was cost effective, accessible and proven to improve the quality of life of patients and called on the Government to…
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