class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-17801" src="https://www.zionfelix.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/joselyn-dumas.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="400" />Award-winning actress Joselyn Dumas and the Sickle Cell Awareness Initiative (SCAI) will be embarking on a health walk on October 27 to create awareness for the disease.
The walk, which is the brainchild of SCAI, seeks to improve the health and well-being of persons living with sickle cell disease through education and advocacy.
SCAI aims to significantly curb the mortality rate of sickle cell disease by developing an ongoing public education campaign that informs the public about the intricacies of the disease.
It will also seek to help in subsidising consultations and treatment for persons living with sickle cell and providing varying types of support to patients and families.
According to organisers, SCAI’s outreach programmes will target all 10 regions of Ghana, especially the rural, often neglected areas. SCAI said it will conduct screenings for sickle cell and educate communities on treatment and management.