Sickle cell disease in sub-Saharan Africa

Haemoglobin disorders are inherited blood diseases that affect how oxygen is carried in the body. Haemoglobin disorders fall into two main categories: sickle-cell disease and thalassaemias. • Sickle-cell disease is characterized by a modification in the shape of the red blood cell from a smooth, donut-shape into a crescent or half moon shape. The misshapen […]

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Healthcare

In Burundi and Madagascar, as in much of Africa, access to health care, for the majority of the population, is very complicated, for many reasons. First of all, because the vast majority of the inhabitants, especially in Burundi, live in the rural areas of the country, where there are no satisfactory health structures; secondly, because […]

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