Sickle Cell
Discrimination, stigma, and biases are all barriers that are preventing better care for many patients. Most SCD/VOC patients are of African, Hispanic, and Indian/Arab descent.SCD patients are often labeled as lazy, difficult, “problem-patients,” and drug-seekers. Due to these biases & labels, many patients delay seeking care and try to treat the VOC at home during the beginning of their VOC episode.This campaign brings those issues to light and demands people with SCD are treated differently. Not just with better care but with new innovative treatments.
( Unfortunately this new treatment failed in clinical trials and patients with SCD are still suffering physically and mentally )
