Sickle Cell Disease Association of America MI Chapter

Newborn screening program helps to prevent deaths for pneumococcal infections in children ages 3 months to 5 years old as it enables children to be identified to receive pencillin prophylaxis before the Disease might be diagnosed from the occurence of Sickle Cell Disease symptoms. Program recently expanded to include some forms of thalassemia.

Health resources and services administration hrsa programs the hrsa program works to increase the number of physicians capable of willing to care for patients with Sickle Cell increase the use of the only Disease modifying medication hydroxyurea

Social work to provide education and social work services to children and adults living with Sickle Cell Disease throughout the state of Michigan