The 19th of June 19th is World Sickle Cell Awareness Day. The international awareness day is held annually to raise public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease, as well as the challenges faced by patients, their families, and caregivers.
Approximately 100 million people are affected by sickle-cell disease worldwide, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 300 000 children are born each year with the disease each year.
Sickle cell disease is present in all races, but it is most prevalent in African-Americans and Hispanics.
A group of blood disorders that are usually related to a person's parents is Sickle cell disease (SCD). SCD is a form of sickle cell disease (SCD). SCA is the most common form of sickle cell anemia (SCA). It results in an increase in the oxygen-carrying protein hemoglobin found in red blood cells, which leads to an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying protein hemoglobin.
Learn more from the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America's website.
Donate funds to fight the disease. To post and track on social media, use the hashtag #WorldSickleCellDay to post and track.
History
In 1846, where the autopsy of an executed runaway slave was discussed, the first modern record of sickle cell disease may have been published.
The World Health Organisation and in 2008, the United Nations recognized sickle cell disease in 2006 and 2008, and the United Nations declared sickle cell disease in 2006, and June 19 was designated as World Sickle Cell Awareness Day.
