"This year, fortunately, we recorded less fatalities from complications of
sickle cell anaemia, though no death is fortunate and our aim is zero deaths.
A study by researchers from Masinde Muliro University and Ball State University (USA) found that Kakamega county has the highest number of
sickle cell anaemia and under-five mortality in Western followed by Bungoma, Busia and Vihiga counties.
In Nigeria, over 150,000 children are born annually with symptomatic
sickle cell anaemia, 1-in-4 people are healthy carriers of the disease.
Out of total 100 patients included in the study, 55 were
Sickle cell anaemia (SS) patients and 45 were Sickle cell trait (AS) patients.
- Paris, France-based pharmaceutical company Addmedica has received US Food and Drug Administration approval for Siklos (hydroxyurea tablets) in paediatric patients, two years of age and older, suffering from
sickle cell anaemia, the company said.
Here, 32-year-old Temi, from London, talks to us about the inspiration behind the idea and living with
sickle cell anaemia...
My dad has
sickle cell anaemia and I always thought that as I had the trait I could not donate blood.
According to The Independent, the rapper died after choking on an egg while being treated for
sickle cell anaemia in hospital, a coroner has confirmed.
Objectives: The objectives of this study were to determine the anthropometric variables of children with
sickle cell anaemia and comparing it with those with normal haemoglobin genotype.
The workshop focused on specific themes -- Maternal & Child health, Nutrition, Malaria,
Sickle Cell anaemia and TB.
A leading US hospital is to help Bahrain's Health Ministry upgrade treatment of
sickle cell anaemia patients, a report said.
Based on this background, this study was aimed to determine the routine haematological indices along with less commonly determined variables such as red cell indices and red cell distribution width of adult patients with
sickle cell anaemia, in addition to assess electrolyte balance of the patients suffering from SCD.