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ACTIVITIES |
Activities
JAMAICA |
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From this small office at 14 Milverton Crescent, Kingston 6, Jamaica the Sickle Cell Trust organizes its programs of public education in sickle cell disease. Lectures, posters, brochures, video’s and DVD’s are all used to educate school children and the general public. Advice is also given on developing sickle cell programs in Jamaica, the Caribbean and the World. Looking to explore impactful programs? Check out our comprehensive online casino review for insights into a world of strategic gaming designed to educate and engage enthusiasts at every level. |
Illustrated Powerpoint lectures on abnormal haemoglobin genes, their frequency, inheritance and features of sickle cell disease are given to the senior classes of 160 secondary schools, Nursing Schools and Teacher Training Colleges. |
Counselling courses in sickle cell disease for health care personnel from the Caribbean have been conducted from 1995. |
Sickle Cell Fellowships funded by Guinness from 1995-1998 enabled 22 health care workers from the UK, Nigeria and Ghana to gain experience in sickle cell disease in Jamaica. |
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OUTREACH IN THE CARIBBEAN |
Conference, British Virgin Islands
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Arriving in Barbuda to conduct Sickle Cell Clinic
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The Caribbean
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Lectures, Ross University,Dominica
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Consultation, Belize
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Lectures, St. Georges University, Grenada
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Sickle Cell Conference, St. Lucia
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Consultation, St. Vincent
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OUTREACH AROUND THE WORLD |
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Greece. Village in northern Greece where 18% carry the sickle cell trait. The son and daughter (right) have sickle cell disease.
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Cameroon. Instruction in caring for chronic leg ulcers in sickle cell disease |
India. A dedicated Sickle Cell Centre in Dhagaon, northern Maharastra. |
India. Children and their families in Nagpur, central India where sickle cell disease commonly affects the tribal people.
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Uganda. Hoima hospital in central Uganda where no room was large enough for 300 patients and their families attending a talk on sickle disease. |
The World The black dots represent the distribution of the sickle cell gene; note high level in equatorial Africa, Arabian Gulf and central India. |
Saudi Arabia. Sickle cell clinic at Riyadh. The trait occurs in 25-35% of communities in the Eastern Province and less frequently in the southwest of the country. |
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