Tag Archives: Sickle cell

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many children battling sickle cell disease fail to find peace in schools due to stigmatization from teachers who regard them worthless before other children. Sicklers claim that teachers describe them as feeble children who cannot succeed in life like normal students, on top of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirteen year old Jeremy is the latest user of new pain relieving treatment for sickle cell disease that involves draining out most of his blood replacing it with healthy blood using a machine, a procedure known as red blood cell exchange apheresis. His mother …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The absence of free testing kits frustrated hundreds of people who turned up to test for sickle cell disease in Mukono as the world commemorated the World Sickle Cell Awareness on Friday. Many wanted to utilize a health camp organized in Nantabulirwa-Seeta by Sarafina …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has launched the first-ever treatment guidelines for sickle cell disease to standardize the kind of care health workers give patients at specific points of care. Launched at an event to mark the International Sickle Cell day on Friday afternoon, Dr …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Buganda Kingdom Deputy Premier Hajji Doctor Twaha Kawaase has asked researchers to conduct further studies on the genetic evolution of Sickle cell disease, to create a deeper understanding of its manifestation among diverse multicultural communities. Dr Kawaase specifically wants researchers to consider a more …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Many people living with sickle cell disease are using herbal medicine and not opening up to health workers. Releasing results of the study started in March to establish the extent of herbal medicine use among patients seeking treatment at the sickle cell clinic of …

Uganda’s Ministry of Health has embarked on a comprehensive program aimed at reducing the burden of the sickle cell disease in the country. While presenting a statement before parliament on the burden of the disease in the country, Minister Dr.Jane Ruth Aceng said the program will involve testing of new born …

  Uganda gets technology, improved care to extend life for sufferers When Evelyn Mwesigwa, a social worker thought of settling down – marrying and having children, she considered a lot of things. Religion, love, respect and of course her partner’s HIV status. What never crossed her mind was a sickle …

With up to 15,000 babies dying annually due to sickle cells, Uganda gets a chance to highlight the struggle it faces by hosting the 6th International sickle cell conference scheduled next month. Uganda hosts the 6th International sickle cell conference scheduled on 25th to 27th May at Hotel Africana.  World olicy …

By Flavia Nassaka Hydroxyurea is being called a `miracle drug’ at Mulago Hospital For most days Sharif Kiragga acts like a typical 24 year old.  He’s very ambitious and wants to try out everything to improve himself.  When he finished his Bachelors in Biomedical Laboratory Technology at Makerere University in …