| September 29, 2006 |
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HRSA awarded $1.9 million to four regional networks and one national
center to enhance community-based systems of care for sickle cell disease.
Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Program FY 2006 awards
of $320,000 each were made to four Sickle Cell Disease Collaborative
Networks. Grantees are the University of Cincinnati (Ohio) Medical
Center and three HRSA-supported Federally Qualified Health Centers: Roseland
Christian Health Ministries in Chicago, Stedman-Wade Health Services
Inc. in Wade, N.C., and Health Services Inc. in Montgomery, Ala.
Grants will support regional networks of community-based primary care
providers, sickle cell disease support organizations and sickle cell
experts to provide comprehensive, culturally accessible and family-centered
care for individuals with the disease.
As part of the program, a contract for $600,000 was awarded to Research
Triangle Institute International (RTI) of North Carolina to establish
a national coordinating center. RTI will partner with Meharry Medical
College in Nashville, Tenn., and the Sickle Cell Disease Association
of America in Baltimore to coordinate network collaborative activities,
provide sickle cell disease data and findings on best practices, and
prepare a final evaluation of the demonstration program.
Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited red blood cell condition characterized
primarily by chronic severe anemia, infections and periodic episodes
of pain.
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