Recognition of Sickle-Cell Anaemia as a Public Health Problem

A/RES/63/237No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 155Recognition of sickle-cell anaemia as a public health priority, published in 2009.

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10 topics

Blood Diseases Disease Control Health Care Delivery International Days Medical Research Public Health Public Information Resources Allocation Resources Mobilization Sickle Cell Anaemia

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7 operative paragraphs

Recognizes that sickle-cell anaemia is a public health problem;

Underlines the need to raise public awareness about sickle-cell anaemia and to eliminate harmful prejudices associated with the disease;

Urges Member States and the organizations of the United Nations system to raise awareness of sickle-cell anaemia on 19 June each year at the national and international levels;

Encourages Member States, as well as United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, international institutions and development partners, to support health systems and primary health-care delivery, including efforts to improve the management of sickle-cell anaemia;

Invites Member States, international organizations and civil society to support the efforts being made to combat sickle-cell anaemia, including as part of health-system strengthening efforts, in the various development programmes, and to encourage basic and applied research on the disease;

Urges the Member States in which sickle-cell anaemia is a public health problem to establish national programmes and specialized centres for the treatment of sickle-cell anaemia and to facilitate access to treatment;

Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all Member States and organizations of the United Nations system.

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