Trusted Resources: People & Places
Healthcare providers, researchers, and advocates
Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois
8108 S. Western AveChicago, Illinois, United States
Email Phone Web
In 1971 the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois (SCDAI) was founded under the name Midwest Association for Sickle Cell Anemia (MASCA). As a founding member, SCDAI is a part of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA), a 57 member community-based membership organization, in over 300 communities nationwide and Canada.
The primary mission of SCDAI is to enhance the quality of life for people with sickle cell disease and their families. To effectively achieve this goal, SCDAI acts as an advocate for improved healthcare and services for sickle cell patients by educating and informing the community through outreach programs.
Related Content
-
Howard University Hospital Center for Sickle Cell DiseaseTransitioning from pediatric to adult pr...
-
The role of blood rheology in sickle cell diseaseStudies performed in the last decades ha...
-
Predictors of acute care utilization and acute pain treatment outcomes in adults with sickle cell disease: The role ...Despite its rarity in the United States,...
-
Randomized Trials Needed to Assess Benefits of Salmonella Vaccines in SCD Patients, Study SaysRandomized controlled trials are needed ...
-
SCDF: BabySteps Parent Education MeetingBabySteps is a FREE monthly program for ...
-
Sickle Cell Treatment Endari Now Available in the United StatesEmmaus Life Sciences has announced that ...
-
Sickle Cell Patient Finds a Better way of Living Through Apheresishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSTUaeFz...
+myBinder