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We learn from our past to make strides for our future.
World Sickle Cell Day, is observed internationally to increase much-needed awareness of a disorder that affects millions of people around the globe.
Who knew that it wasn't until 2009 that World Sickle Cell Day was first celebrated? We have leaders, like Madame Edwidge Ebakisse Badassou and Madame Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, to thank for bringing more attention and awareness to sickle cell disease. They carried the same light and spirit that we find abundant in the sickle cell community, which led them to make meaningful impacts within the public health, science, and policy fields.
>> Read more about the history of World Sickle Cell Day and learn how we "stand on the shoulders of giants."
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