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Arise Project
African Research and Innovative Initiative for Sickle cell Education:
Improving Research Capacity for Service Improvement
ARISE- African Research and Innovative Initiative for Sickle cell Education: Improving Research Capacity for Service Improvement is a research project recently funded by the EU in the framework of the H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018 programme aimed at creating an interagency and multidisciplinary staff exchange programme between experienced researchers, early start investigators and other relevant staff members of the partners institutions to share and spread the best practices in Newborn Screening, diagnosis and treatment of SCD, leading to improvement in overall disease outcome.
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Keep updated on all the initiatives and events of the ARISE project
Participate in a Study on Sickle Cell Disease Management in Nigeria
ARISE is conducting a questionnaire-based study, with the aim to map and analyse the organisation of the healthcare centres managing SCD in in relation with accessibility and readiness of specific health technologies (i.e., blood transfusion service, Magnetic...
An interview with a Sickle cell disease patient living in Portugal
Living with a rare disease like sickle cell disease is not easy. We asked a Portuguese patient to tell us about his experience with this disease. Read his story.
SAVE THE DATE – ARISE webinar on gene-therapy in Sickle Cell Disease and Transfusion-Dependent Thalassaemia
ARISE is organizing a webinar on gene-therapy (Exa-cel) in Sickle Cell Disease and Transfusion-Dependent Thalassaemia, that will be held online on Friday April 12th at 11 am UK time. The webinar will be hosted by Thomas Blair, Senior Medical Science Liaison for Vertex...
from the blog
Learn more about ARISE project through the secondees’ experiences
My Secondment Experience – Juelma Emanuela Cazevo Gaspar
I'm Juelma Emanuela Cazevo Gaspar and I'm passionate about using cutting-edge technology to improve the lives of people with sickle cell anemia. I recently had the opportunity to spend six months at Hospital Santa Maria in Lisbon, diving deep into the world of...
My Secondment Experience at FGB in Bari – Richard Arogunjo
My name is Richard Arogunjo, a Deputy Director Programmer and Health Information Analyst working in the ICT department at Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. I was thrilled to receive the opportunity to attend a...
Erivelte Nascimento’s experience
My Name is Erivelte Nascimento, I’m an Angolan microbiologist and I work at the Center of Health Research in Angola. How would i describe my experience at ARISE? Eventful to say the least, the three months spent in Lisbon was an eye opening opportunity for me. The...
Arise Project
What is
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cells disorders. People suffering from SCD have an abnormal protein in their red blood cells.
SCD is among the world’s most common serious inherited diseases with more than 300,000 annual births, 85% are born in sub-Saharan Africa.