The Many Faces of Sickle Cell Disease Earlier this on month we started spreading awareness on a serious but rarely discussed condition. Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects people of many racial and ethnic groups. In the United States, 90,000 to 100,000 people―mainly Blacks or African Americans―have SCD. The disease occurs among about 1 of every 500 Black or African-American births and among about 1 out of every 36,000 Hispanic-American births. Other people affected include those of Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Asian origin. In addition, more than 2 million people carry the sickle cell gene that allows them potentially to pass the disease on to their children. Such a serious disease need more awareness then it gets. She's everything decided to spread awareness by using the aide of social media, friends and family we promoted a challenge to spread awareness for sickle cell. The Boldlipsforsicklecell challenge these lovely women spread awareness by embracing...
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