Liberia: As Many as 1,600 Babies Are Born With Sickle Cell Disease Each Year and Up to Half Die Needlessly Before 5. Finally the Government is Doing Something About it - FrontPageAfrica
frontpageafricaonline.com · 2026-10-29
Summary: - Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disease that kills up to half of the 1600 Liberian babies born with it each year before age 5. Until now most of them have died without ever knowing they had it.