According to Uganda's Ministry of Health, around 250,000 people in the country live with sickle cell disease, including an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 babies ...

“Sickle cell disease impacts mostly people of Black or African descent. And we believe this is because, many many years ago, ...

People with sickle cell trait can be found most heavily in areas of the world that have malaria. This is because sickle cell trait can protect a person from becoming infected with malaria.

Sickle-cell disease, usually presenting in childhood, occurs more commonly in people (or their descendants) from parts of tropical and sub-tropical regions where malaria is or was common.

Sickle Cell Disease Market Size Was Valued at USD 2.40 Billion in 2023, and is Projected to Reach USD 12.38 Billion by 2032, ...

The story of sickle-cell disease is, first and foremost ... a child was born with heightened immunity to malaria - important because at the time, this part of Africa was wet and rainy and covered ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) can affect people of any ethnicity but is much more common among Africans and African Americans. Other ethnic groups with higher rates of SCD include Hispanic Americans ...

"When you contract malaria, it can trigger the sickle cell condition, and you become seriously ill. You have to take the medication daily because sickle cell disease is life-threatening ...

Bello had to look after his younger sister when she caught malaria at the age of 12. She has sickle cell disease - which affects red blood cells - and really struggled. "My parents were out of the ...