Board Renewal – General Assembly According to its bylaws, CAREST is governed by a Board of Directors composed of 7 to 13 members, elected by a General Assembly (GA) for a renewable three-year term. A new Board of Directors was elected during the online General Assembly held on 21 March 2025 for a three-year term. […]
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The sickle cell community is mourning the passing of Professor Graham Serjeant, an eminent figure whose invaluable work on sickle cell disease was recognised internationally. The tribute below was written by his close colleagues at the Sickle Cell Unit in Jamaica, where he worked Professor Graham Roger Serjeant OJ CMG How many of us, when […]
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“Cuba-Health ” is the flagship event of Cuban public health and is held every three years. The convention is sponsored by prestigious national and international organizations and aims primarily to foster discussion on public health management models at global, regional, and local levels; the strengthening of health systems in the post-COVID-19 era; and health-centered public […]
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This page lists the events planned for the World Sickle Cell Day of 2024. Antigua and Barbuda For this World Day, Dr. Edda Hadeed will be interviewed during the daily TV session called “Good morning, Antigua”, at 8 a.m. Moreover, prints of the following artwork advocating for pain relief will be given to Saint John […]
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The Antigua and Barbuda Sickle Cell Association has won the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Art Competition 2023. The unveiling ceremony of the UN’ Art Competition themed “Mainstreaming the protection of Human Rights towards the accelerated achievement of the SGDs”, took place on December 16th, 2023. Under the motto “Pain relief is a basic Human Right”, a pastel drawing […]
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The 16th annual Sickle Cell in Focus (SCiF) conference will be held in-person at the NIH Bethesda, Maryland campus October 10th- October 11th, 2023. The SCiF conference will once again be co-hosted by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and The University of West Indies (UWI). Jamaican CAREST members, Prs Jennifer Knight-Madden and Monika […]
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The challenge of organising the IXth Cuban Congress of Haematology from 15 to 19 May was met with great success by the Cuban Society of Doctors and Universities, despite the particularly difficult economic conditions. This international meeting brought together more than 500 participants from 16 countries (United States, Europe, Caribbean) to discuss a series of […]
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The IXth Cuban Congress of Haematology, organised by the Cuban Society of Haematology and the Institute of Haematology and Immunology, will be held from 15 to 19 May 2023 at the Havana Palace of Congresses in Cuba. CAREST is taking the opportunity offered by this invitation to organise a sickle cell session on 16 May […]
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The 5th Health Research Days of the University Hospital of Guadeloupe, which took place on 2 and 3 December 2022, brought together all the stakeholders concerned (hospital doctors and nurses, primary care stakeholders, researchers from the Public Scientific and Technological Establishment (EPST), industrialists and financiers). The main aim of these days was to bring together […]
Read More The 15th annual Sickle Cell in Focus (SCiF) conference is returning virtually from October 11th- October 15th, 2022. In addition to the University of West Indies, this year’s conference will also be in collaboration with the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America (SCDAA). SCDAA is a nonprofit organization with the sole purpose of supporting research, […]
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