4TH Global Sickle Cell Disease Congress in Paris, France.

ESCF participates in the 4th Global Sickle Cell Disease congress in Paris, France organised by the Global Sickle Cell Disease Network-GSCDN.
The federation successfully held a patient perspective session during the conference on the 18th of June and highlighted major expectations from patients in Europe and around the globe on treatments, management and policy for Sickle cell disease.

The gathering was an opportunity for the ESCF Board to hold its first in person board and patient meeting since the organisation’s official establishment in June 2020.

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