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Sickle Cell Awareness Day
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UPEI Health & Wellness Centre, 2nd floor North, Murphy Student Centre
World Sickle Cell Awareness Day is June 19th.
Globally there are 500,000 babies born every year with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD).
There are more than 6,000 individuals with the disease in Canada, with the highest incidence in Ontario.
The majority of individuals affected are black.
There are more cases of SCD than Cystic Fibrosis or Hemophilia: e.g. 3,500 Hemophilia, 4,200 cystic fibrosis across the country - there is more research and more services for both of the latter than SCD.
With good health care and a proactive approach, individuals with SCD can live a long, healthy life.
For more information, contact the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Atlantic Canada: https://www.facebook.com/SickleCellCAN/.
