Sickle cell disease isn’t just African—it’s a HUMAN condition. Sickle cell disease does not know borders, race, or ethnicity—it touches people from the Mediterranean, Middle East, India, Asia, Latin America, and across North America.
Yet, too often, it is narrowly framed as only an ‘African’ or ‘Black’ condition. This dangerous misconception threatens the progress we have fought for over the last 50 years—progress in research, treatment, and awareness that has saved lives.
We cannot allow racialized perceptions or the dismantling of diversity and equity to erase decades of work. The stakes are too high. Every child, every family, every person living with a sickle hemoglobinopathy deserves the best science, the best care, and the best chance at life, no matter their ancestry.
If you carry the sickle cell trait or live with the disease, your voice matters. If your family is from Greece, Italy, India, Pakistan, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Israel, Southern China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Belize, Brazil, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Mexico—or anywhere sickle cell gene traits evolved through history—you are part of this activism.
Together, we can ensure that funding for treatment and research does not fade away. Together, we can make sure that sickle cell disease is seen for what it is: a human condition that demands a united, human response. Our diversity is our strength, and our unity is our power. Stand with us—because together, we stand stronger.
To learn more about Sickle Cell/Thalassemia Patients Networks (SCTPN), its mission, programs, and services, visit https://sctpn.net.
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Call-To-Action
Contact your legislators TODAY and demand:
- Restore the Sickle Cell Data Collection (SCDC) National database managed by the Centers of Disease Control (CDC).
- Restore and continue funding for credible research—like Dr. Charity Oyedeji’s Elder Health/Exercise Study and the Functional Fluidics ELIPSIS Biomarker Pain Study.
- Protect Medicaid—no cuts to preventive or acute SCD care.
Don’t let more than 50 years of progress be erased by ignorance and racialized thinking. Stand up. Speak out. Fight for research, treatment, and equity. Together, we are unstoppable.
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