Episode 4\u00a0 \u201c2006: Expanding the fight against sickle-cell disease\u201d<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>05\/07\/2019![\"\"](\"http:\/\/sandbox.fondationpierrefabre.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/07\/FPF-VISU-POSDACST-16-9_EN-300x169.jpg\")
<\/strong><\/p>\nSickle-cell disease is a genetic blood disease that affects 250,000 newborns annually in sub-Saharan Africa. If left untreated, half of children with the disease die before the age of five. <\/strong><\/p>\nSince 2006, the Foundation has made fighting sickle-cell disease one of its priorities and is now one of the leading actors in this fight in the Global South. After spearheading an initiative to create a referral center, the Sickle-cell Disease Research and Control Center in Mali, the Foundation now operates more than 10 programmes to improve sickle-cell treatment, screening and research in eight African countries, Haiti and Madagascar. In this podcast, we will hear from Professor Gil Tchernia, a haematologist, Professor Marc Gentilini, a specialist in infectious and tropical diseases \u2013 both members of the Foundation\u2019s Scientific Committee \u2013, and Professor Dapa Diallo, haematologist and Director of the Sickle-cell Disease Research and Control Center.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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05\/07\/2019 Sickle-cell disease is a genetic blood disease that affects 250,000 newborns annually in sub-Saharan Africa. If left untreated, half of children with the disease die before the age of five. <\/strong><\/p>\n Since 2006, the Foundation has made fighting sickle-cell disease one of its priorities and is now one of the leading actors in this fight in the Global South. After spearheading an initiative to create a referral center, the Sickle-cell Disease Research and Control Center in Mali, the Foundation now operates more than 10 programmes to improve sickle-cell treatment, screening and research in eight African countries, Haiti and Madagascar. In this podcast, we will hear from Professor Gil Tchernia, a haematologist, Professor Marc Gentilini, a specialist in infectious and tropical diseases \u2013 both members of the Foundation\u2019s Scientific Committee \u2013, and Professor Dapa Diallo, haematologist and Director of the Sickle-cell Disease Research and Control Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n