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Rising sickle cell cases spark urgent call to train maternity providers

Summary by Minute Mirror
An estimated 7.7 million people worldwide now live with sickle cell disease (SCD), representing a staggering 40 percent increase since 2000. The World Health Organization underscores this global health challenge—and in Pakistan, recent studies reveal SCD is far from rare. Research from centers in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Lahore, and regions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan show sickle cell disease prevalence ranging between about 1 percent an…
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Minute Mirror broke the news in on Saturday, July 26, 2025.
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