Sickle Cell Retinopathy Network
A global network comprising multidisciplinary teams from countries where Sickle Cell Disease is prevalent
Vision
To reduce sight loss in people with sickle cell disease
Mission
- To highlight the importance of and conduct research to reduce vision-threatening complications in people with any sickle cell genotype. This is to be achieved through global collaboration with multidisciplinary teams in countries and populations where this disease is present.
- To produce robust multicenter research to determine the diagnosis and risk factors affecting visual loss in this population.
- To develop evidence-based screening and management protocols to reduce preventable blindness in the population with the sickle cell genotype
Retinopathy In Sickle Cell Disease Fundus Photographs
Credits: Dr Kwesi Amissah-Arthur
