Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a blood disorder that results from inheriting an abnormal hemoglobin from both parents. “We usually refer to people with SCD as warriors because they are fighters who never giver up”. Hemoglobin is a protein in…
The prevalence/incidence of sickle cell disease in Zambia is not known and therefore the burden of this disease remains unknown. If, however, it is postulated that the prevalence of the sickle cell trait is 18 percent as Barclay had found…
A blood test can show if you have SCD or sickle cell trait. Zambia recently launched a newborns screening program at ADH and UTH for early diagnosis and starting the treatment at an early age which can lessen the complications…
New-born screening is a public health service done in order to test for a group of health disorders that aren’t otherwise found at birth in this case sickle cell disease (SCD). With a simple blood test, healthcare workers can check…