By: Andrew B. Conteh
The Sickle Smart Foundation in Freetown, in collaboration with the National Institute of Health and the University of South Florida in the United States of America are in the country to study sickle cell patients and their health conditions in Sierra Leone.
The study is to find out why some patients experience wounds in their legs and ankles, called sickle cell ulcers while others don’t experience these wounds at all.
The aim of the study is to develop treatment for these wounds which can cause pain and suffering for the patients.
Over two hundred and twenty-five (225) sickle cell patients across Sierra Leone are needed for this study and they will receive three free doctors’ visits for sickle cell medical issues for one year.
Participants for the study must be 18 years and above.