CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
World Sickle Cell Awareness Day – Observed on June 19
- World Sickle Cell Awareness Dayis observed every year on June 19 to increase awareness and understanding of the disease and the challenges faced by its patients and their families.
- The World Sickle Cell Day 2021 Themeis ‘Shine the Light on Sickle Cell’.
- Sickle Cell Disease Day is celebrated to raise awareness about its treatment measures and to get effective control over this disease across the world.
- The international awareness dayis observed annually with the goal to increase public knowledge and an understanding of sickle cell disease, and the challenges experienced by patients and their families and caregivers.
- This year the Sickle Cell Society is celebrating 40 years of working in the sickle cell community.
- World Sickle Cell Day is a United Nations recognized day to raise awareness of sickle cell at a national and international level.
