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Operational analysis of the national sickle cell screening programme in the Republic of Uganda

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell anaemia is a common global life-threatening haematological disorder. Most affected births occur in sub-Saharan Africa where children usually go undiagnosed and die early in life. Uganda’s national sickle cell screening programme was developed in response to a 2014 sickle cell...

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Autores principales:	Hernandez, Arielle G., Kiyaga, Charles, Howard, Thad A., Ssewanyana, Isaac, Ndeezi, Grace, Aceng, Jane R., Ware, Russell E.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	AOSIS 2021
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8424771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34522631 http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ajlm.v10i1.1303

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