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Kenya to benefit from new sickle cell care initiative

Participants march in Kisii town to mark World Sickle Cell disease day. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Kenya is among the countries set to benefit from enhanced screening and care for sickle cell anaemia.

This follows the announcement of a partnership between Novo Nordisk and the American Society of Haematology (ASH) to support the Consortium on Newborn Screening in Africa (CONSA) Community Health Worker (CHW) initiative.

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