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Bahrain is set to take a leading role in the fight
against the disease.

Joint GCC push to fight sickle cell disease

MANAMA, January 3, 2016

An initiative is underway to unite GCC efforts to confront a chronic blood disorder affecting thousands of people in the Gulf.

Doctors across the region plan to join hands to form a GCC body focused on sickle cell anaemia, Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC) genetic blood diseases consultant Dr Jaffar Al Tooq  told the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.

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