What you need to know:Joe Mudukiza, 28, was diagnosed with sickle cell at the age of two. Through the help of the current government spokesperson, we registered an organisation that had people living with sickle cell disease. About sickle cell diseaseSickle cell disease is prevalent mostly on the coast and in western Kenya. “Results from the initial clinical trials show that the drug prevents sickle cell patients from getting a crisis, which is like the main thing that affects people living with sickle cell,” she says. “As scientists working with sickle cell patients, we would want our patients to live now and live a fruitful life,” she says.

Source: Daily Nation February 22, 2024 22:41 UTC