Welcome to
UGANDA-AMERICAN SICKLE CELL RESCUE FUND,
"The Frontline at the Sickle Cell Rescue Battlegrounds"
"SICKLA": A QUARTELY PUBLICATION IS COMING SOON:
"Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace." ― Confucius
Soon we will publish a quartely magazine called SICKLA. It is meant to be an awareness avenue for the populace to read about the causes of the sickle cell anemia, how to take care of sickle cell patients, how the disease can be controlled and the possibilities available in healing the disease. Special attention will be focused on patients and their parents in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, although the magazine will be distributed in America, Europe and Canada.
Diabetes and Ovarian Cancer are two other diseases that have plagued so many individuals and families in our society. So we will dedicate some sections in the magazine on how to deal with Diabetes and Ovarian Cancer on different levels.
We encourage professional medical personnel who are conversant with the Sickle Cell disease to send us articles that will help other professionals learn about the modern advancement in the treatment of the Sickle Cell disease. We ask donors, sponsors and well wishers to assist us in our fight to destigimatize the Sickle Cell Disease and its victims.
Send us an email to subscribe for the magazine.
JULY 2012:: UASCRF will host the first annual conference on Sickle Cell Anemia in East Africa. It will take place in Uganda's Capital: KAMPALA at the Hotel Africana. We will have internationa Medical Professionals well versed about the disease and its treatment options. Some of the highlights of the Conference:
- Destigimatizing the 'SICKLER" reference to patients.
- How to keep the disease under control at all times.
- The treatment and elimination of the disease.
Refering to Patients as "Sicklers" is wrong!
In Uganda the dilemma of a sickle cell sufferer and the immediate family goes beyond grappling with the overwhelming health effects of the disease.
The deeply-rooted stigma from society alone causes families to sometimes hide their sick for fear of being labeled cursed and eschewed from social functions. When known that a family has a sufferer, intimate relationships with any member of that family are shunned. We encourage everybody undestant that sickle cell patients should not be refered as "sicklers" just as you wouldn't refer to HIV patients as "AIDS carrier". It is not only primitive but it is very disrespectful.
Immunization Calendar
Visit this space often. UPDATES will be posted about our upcoming events and possible immunization dates and venues. Education is one of our core pillars in the fight to rescue patients from the grip of the Sickle Cell Monster: The Forgotten Enemy.
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