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Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder which causes red blood cells to change from a smooth flowing doughnut shape to the eponymous sickle.
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Sickle cell disease: Africa’s most prevalent ‘invisible condition’

A Tanzanian activist is working tirelessly to make a misunderstood disease visible

  • Alex Jackson
12 min read