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GHS, ISCC sign five-year pact to strengthen sickle cell response
Dr Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, said at the signing ceremony that the partnership would help institutionalise sustainable interventions for sickle cell disease within the national health system.
It will also support implementation of the National Strategy for Sickle Cell Disease (2024–2028) and the Sickle Cell Disease Screening and Case Management Guidelines introduced in 2025.
He said sickle cell disease remained a significant public health challenge requiring stronger health system responses and increased public awareness.
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