Newborn screening and prophylactic interventions for sickle cell disease in 47 countries in sub-Saharan Africa: a cost-effectiveness analysis

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell disease (SCD) constitutes a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Newborn screening and early subsequent clinical intervention can reduce early mortality and increase life expectancy, but have not been widely implemented in SSA. This analysis assesses the c...

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Autores principales: Kuznik, Andreas, Habib, Abdulrazaq G., Munube, Deogratias, Lamorde, Mohammed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4962462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27461265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1572-6

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