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The National Guidelines for Management and Prevention of Sickle Cell Disease
Ministry of Health, Uganda — National Sickle Cell Program
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The guidelines address clinical and laboratory diagnosis of sickle cell disease, including screening, testing algorithms, and laboratory quality assurance. Management guidance includes clinical assessment, pain crises, perioperative transfusion, and chronic transfusion for stroke prevention. Health maintenance emphasizes coordinated lifelong care, patient and caregiver education, preventive measures, and screening for chronic complications. The excerpts also describe blood-count monitoring, long-term follow-up, and management of chemotherapy-related symptoms following treatment intended to provide a cure.
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