Global burden of sickle cell anaemia in children under five, 2010-2050: modelling based on demographics, excess mortality, and interventions.

The global burden of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) is set to rise as a consequence of improved survival in high-prevalence low- and middle-income countries and population migration to higher-income countries. The host of quantitative evidence documenting these changes has not been assembled at the globa...

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Main Authors: Piel, F, Hay, S, Gupta, S, Weatherall, D, Williams, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013