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Miguel Brito: Newborn Screening and Challenges in Follow-Up Care for Sickle Cell Disease in Angola
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Feb 20, 2026, 16:48

Miguel Brito: Newborn Screening and Challenges in Follow-Up Care for Sickle Cell Disease in Angola

Miguel Brito, Research Coordinator at H&TRC – Health and Technology Research center, shared post on LinkedIn about a recent article he and his colleagues co-authored, adding:

”Highlights

Newborn screening of 13,000+ infants in Luanda, Angola, identified a sickle cell disease prevalence of 1.38%.

Sickle cell trait was common, affecting 20.31% of screened newborns.

Follow-up of diagnosed patients is challenging due to low disease literacy and socioeconomic barriers.

With: Catarina Ginete , Baba Inusa, Jocelyne Neto de Vasconcelos NBS and paper with the support of Arise Initiative.

And the support of Revvity for Diagnostics and H&TRC – Health and Technology Research Center”

Title: Newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Angola: Implementation challenges and emerging data on hemoglobinopathy prevalence

Authors: Miguel Brito, Catarina Ginete, Mariana Jacinto, Manuela Mendes, Hailton Soares, Roberto Afonso, Adriano Siatembo, Jocelyne Vasconcelos, Baba Inusa

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