World Sickle Cell Awareness Day is June 19th. Every year, the international awareness day is held to raise public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease, as well as the challenges faced by patients, their families, and caregivers..
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sickle-cell disease affects nearly 100 million people worldwide, and over 300 000 children are born each year with the disease each year.
Sickle cell disease can be present in both races, but it is most common in African-Americans and Hispanics.
A group of blood disorders that are usually related to a person's parents is Sickle cell disease (SCD). SCA is the most common form of sickle cell anemia. (SCA) en-carrying protein hemoglobin found in red blood cells, resulting in an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein hemoglobin.
From the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America's website, you can learn more.
Donate funds to fight the disease. Donate funds are used to fight the disease. To post and follow on social media, use #WorldSickleCellDay to post and track..
History
The first modern study of sickle cell disease may have appeared in 1846, where the autopsy of an executed runaway slave was discussed.
The World Health Organisation and in 2008, the United Nations recognized sickle cell disease in 2006, and in 2008, the United Nations recognized sickle cell disease, and the World Sickle Cell Awareness Day was held on June 19 in 2006.
