Sickle cell disease in Georgia : facts for the public

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National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)‏. Division of Blood Disorders.

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What is RuSH?

•• Registry and Surveillance System for

Hemoglobinopathies (RuSH) was a pilot project

of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), with the National Institutes of Health’s

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

•• The overall purpose of RuSH was to collect statespecific,

population-based data on people with

sickle cell disease (SCD) and thalassemia in order

to provide accurate updated information to the

public.

•• Seven states were funded to participate in data

collection: California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan,

New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.

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