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Medics urge parents to embrace sickle cell screening for newborns

A mural painting of the late Brother Elio Croce, a Comboni Samaritan on the walls of the emergency unit at St Mary’s Hospital Lacor. PHOTO URN Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Medical professionals at St Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu City have urged parents to embrace mandatory sickle cell screening for newborns as part of an effort to tackle the rising burden of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) among children. The call, according to medics, would ensu…
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The Independent Uganda: broke the news in on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
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