World Sickle Cell Day 2024: Raising awareness and tackling healthcare challenges in Ghana
By: Nana Kwame Bediako On Tuesday 19th June, 2024, World Sickle Cell Day was commemorated globally with a special focus on advancing care, education, and equity in healthcare, under the banner “Hope Through Progress: Advancing Care Globally.” The theme underscored the critical need for accessible and equitable healthcare across Ghana, emphasizing the need to heighten […]
Government urged to increase investment in public education campaigns to combat Sickle Cell Disease
By Edzorna Francis Mensah The Member of Parliament for Central Tongu, Alexander Roosevelt Hottordze, has called on the government and its donor partners to increase investment in public education campaigns to raise awareness about Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and improve the lives of those affected by the disease in Ghana. He also called for investment […]
Increase access to Hydroxyurea for sickle cell management in Ghana
Stakeholders in the fight against sickle cell in the country have called for increased access to Hydroxyurea, a trademark drug for the management of the disease. Hydroxyurea, (a medication for reducing anemia in sickle cell patients), has become the most accessible Sickle Cell solution on the Ghanaian market, aiding an exponential extension of the lifespan […]
Navrongo Health Research Centre conducts sickle cell study for newborns and children under five
By: Mavis Offei Acheampong Research on sickle cell anemia is on the front burner, because of new drug therapies, cures through stem cell transplantation and the promise of gene therapy. Approximately 5% of the world’s population carries trait genes for this haemoglobin disorder – sickle cell. Ghana’s Navrongo Health Research Centre in the Upper East […]
