“His knowledge and expertise have been drawn upon by colleagues in Brazil, the Middle East, India, and Europe to help establish SCD treatment centres in their countries.”
“A leader by example and keen collaborator, Prof Ohene-Frempong was involved in several international initiatives focused on SCD in Africa including being”:
In memoriam: Kwaku Ohene-Frempong (1946–2022)
Isaac Odame - First published: 08 August 2022 - Click Here To Read
• A Founding Member of the Global Sickle Cell Disease Network Click Here To Read
• A Founding Member of the Sickle Cell in Africa Consortium Click Here To Read
• A Founding Member of the World Coalition on Sickle Cell Disease Click Here To Read
1995-2020: International African Symposia on Sickle Cell Disease (After Nigeria in 1987 and Cairo in 1994)
1995: 3rd Symposium
2000: 4th Symposium
2005: 5th Symposium (with formal inauguration of the Foundation at Symposium Banquet);
The Foundation co-organized all other Symposia held in Accra, Ghana, with CSCC-CHOP (starting with the 2005 Symposium);
2010: 1st Global Congress on SCD
37 countries represented to commemorate 100th Anniversary of the first scientific publication in 1910 about a person with SCD;
2016: 6th Symposium
Postponed from 2015 because of 2014/2015 West African Ebola epidemic.
2020: 7th Symposium
Symposium scheduled for July 2020 in Ghana - Postponed to 2021 because of Coronavirus pandemic.
Founding Members of the Global Sickle Cell Disease Network
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Prof Kwaku Ohene-Frempong
and Prof Isaac Odame:
Two Sons of Ghana Working with Their Colleagues to Save Lives Across the Globe
on Behalf of Families Around the Globe