Tanzania Unveils State of the Art Sickle Cell Testing Kit

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — A new and state-of-the-art sickle cell-diagnostic technology, "Sickle-Scan test kit" was officially launched in Dar es Salaam last week - a big boost to the government's efforts aimed to reduce the number of people dying of sickle cell and related diseases in the country.

"With this technology, we can rescue millions of people, particularly children, dying of sickle cell diseases," said Dr. Khamis Kigwangwalla, Tanzania's Deputy Minister of Health, Social Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, at the official launching of the Sickle-Scan test kit, a new technology which has been introduced by a private health company Medomix.

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