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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an important, hidden cause of childhood mortality worldwide. It is most prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa where national newborn screening programs remain unavailable and most children in rural areas are never diagnosed. We conducted a study at a rural district hospital in northern Tanzania to determine the birth prevalence and community awareness of SCD and to determine the feasibility of using point-of-care testing to enroll newborns in a new SCD clinic for ongoing treatment. DESIGN/METHODS:We screened infants at Shirati KMT hospital for SCD using HemoTypeSC, an inexpensive point-of-care test. Infants who screened positive were enrolled in the SCD clinic and instructed to return at 6-12 weeks for confirmatory testing, counseling, and preventive care. RESULTS:A total of 999 newborns were screened from February to September 2019. Among these, 31.6% (315/999) had sickle cell trait and 3.9% (39/999) had SCD. No hemoglobin C was detected. Very few parents knew their own sickle cell status (0.3%). At 5 months after completion, 12 infants from the screening study and 30 additional children had been seen at the SCD clinic for ongoing counseling and care. CONCLUSIONS:Birth prevalence of SCD in rural Tanzania is extremely high and community awareness is low. Newborn point-of-care testing enhances case finding and enables early enrollment in preventive care for SCD, even in rural sub-Saharan Africa with minimal laboratory capacity. SCD-specific clinical services implemented at the district hospital level could expand access to many children and significantly reduce early SCD morbidity and mortality.
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Pediatr Blood Cancerjournal_title
Pediatric blood & cancerauthors
Eastburg L,Peckham A,Kawira E,Chirangi B,Adler D,Akungo BD,Smart LR,Ambrose EEdoi
10.1002/pbc.28620subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2020-11-01 00:00:00pages
e28620issue
11eissn
1545-5009issn
1545-5017journal_volume
67pub_type
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