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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
Join the HELIOS Webinar Series and Advance Your Knowledge on Haemoglobinopathies
The ARISE Initiative is pleased to inform you about the webinar series on haemoglobinopathies organised by HELIOS, the European network dedicated to raising awareness on haemoglobinopathies (HBs) and improving access to expert knowledge. As part of its efforts to...
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.
from the blog
Learn more about ARISE project through the secondees’ experiences
End of secondment report- Syntyche Boman
I’m Syntyche Boman. I'm a journalist and communications specialist hailing from Nigeria. Before this moment, if someone had suggested that I would end up in a science-related field for any reason, I would have found it utterly amusing. I've always been perfectly...
My experience – Joe-Alago Onyinye
I am Joe-Alago Onyinye O.A Medical laboratory scientist,working with Zankli Medical Centre Abuja-Nigeria. My experience during ARISE staff exchange programme at the Royal College of Pathologists London from 30 th August to 31 st October 2024 offered me a good...
My secondment journey with ARISE in Lisbon
My name is Amayah Jirai Shalom a communications specialist, I worked under work package 7 of the ARISE project which is focused on Dissemination and Communication. My hosting institution was Escola de Superior Tecnologia de Saude de Lisboa, Lisbon Portugal where I...
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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.