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- Sickle Cell Uhuru Trust, (SCUT – Kenya) is a research and empowerment Non-Governmental Organization a member base of people living with Sickle Cell (Warriors) for whom we aid and facilitate in accessing proper medical assistance, engage them in worthwhile Socioeconomic activities for individual sustenance, and facilitating research efforts in a bid to establish lasting solutions aimed towards total eradication of this worldwide epidemic from our region.
- In Kenya Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) has remained a major public health concern, its Management has remained inadequate, National Control Programs do not exist and the basic facilities to manage the patients are limited in majority of the Health Care facilities.
- Simple methods of screening and identification of existence of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) are not available in remote areas and are only available in major cities, hence, 80-90% of Children with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) will die before their fifth (5th) birthday.
- Unfortunately, due of lack of awareness, affordable screening methods, public and local care givers, Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) remains a largely invisible National Health Issues. Advocacy must be emphasized, that the screening be done at birth and the children who are born at home will be screened once they show up for their first immunization in the government facilities
Our Vision
To manage and ultimately eradicate sickle cell disease in Kenya and the world.
Our Mission
To manage and ultimately eradicate sickle cell disease in Kenya and the world through research and development programs, advocacy, education, training and counseling.
Our
Core values
we are very caring for our sickle cell community
We are always there to push our warriors to be the best.
We are what we preach and advocate
We are always available for our sickle cell community
We always encourage our warriors to be innovating