Capacity building and networking to make newborn screening for sickle cell disease a reality in Haiti

Blood Adv. 2018 Nov 30;2(Suppl 1):54-55. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018GS111997.

Authors

Rony Saint Fleur¹, Natasha Archer^{2

3}, Tally Hustace^{1

4}, Romain Jean Louis³, Rita Bellevue⁵, Jacqueline Gautier⁶, Emmeline Lerebours⁶, Mimose Voltaire¹, Ofelia Alvarez^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Hôpital Universitaire Justinien, Cap Haitien, Haiti.
² Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA.
³ Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais, Mirebalais, Haiti.
⁴ University of Miami, Miami, FL.
⁵ Association des Médecins Haïtiens à l'Etranger, Brooklyn, NY; and.
⁶ Hôpital Saint Damien/Nos Petits Frères et Soeurs, Tabarre, Haiti.

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MeSH terms

Anemia, Sickle Cell / diagnosis*
Anemia, Sickle Cell / epidemiology
Capacity Building
Electrophoresis, Capillary
Feasibility Studies
Haiti / epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Infant, Newborn
Isoelectric Focusing
Neonatal Screening
Point-of-Care Testing