Angola: Sickle Cell Affects 12, 000 Children a Year

Luanda — At least 12,000 babies are born every year with sickle cell disease in Angola, said Thursday in Luanda a health official.

Cláudia Halumbala, who released the data, said that an estimate 80 per cent of the children with inherited disease in the world and who fail to receive medical treatment, die before reaching five years old.

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