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September is “Sickle Disease Awareness Month”

1 in 10 African Americans carry the gene for sickle cell disease.

Sickle Cell disease can affect people of all races.

A simple blood test can tell you whether you have sickle cell disease or trait.

Talk with your doctor or contact the James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation if you would like to have this test…

You have a choice. Choose to know if you carry sickle cell trait!

Call toll free at 1-800-506-1273

 

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Support Sickle Cell Disease Awareness

Let’s take a step toward “Breaking the Sickle Cell Cycle”

 

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Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month Proclamation – The Honorable Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin

The Honorable Mayor Stephen K. Benjamin and the members of Council declared September
2011 as Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month in the City of Columbia. Mayor Benjamin
thanked the James R. Clark Sickle Cell Foundation for their efforts to bring awareness to sickle cell