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    DVD’s, Videos  

    About Sickle Cell Disease - professionally made and donated to all secondary schools in Jamaica include details on genetics, geographic distribution, diagnosis and features of sickle cell disease recorded in a school-like environment with students

    Duration: 37 minutes

    More About Sickle Cell Disease - contains further scientific details on DNA structure, rarer forms of sickle cell disease such as sickle cell-HbD Punjab, sickle cell-HbO Arab, prenatal diagnosis, and bone marrow transplantation.

    Duration: 23 minutes

    Available as either video or DVD, singly for US$25 or both combined for US$40 plus postage and packaging

    Living with Sickle Cell Disease – 7 videos addressing

    1 Inheritance
    2 Family Planning
    3 Diagnosis
    4 Spleen Problems
    5 The Painful Crisis
    6 Managing Leg Ulcers
    7 Growing Up with Sickle Cell Disease

    Available as videos in NTSC or PAL format US$25 each


    Pamphlets

    Questions and Answers on Sickle Cell Disease in Jamaica.
    Simple descriptions of the inheritance, problems and management. Can be printed without
    the reference to Jamaica for broader applications.
    Cost US$0.20 each plus p&p.Discounts available for bulk orders


    Sickle Cell Disease in the Caribbean. Some Questions and Answers.
    This provides more detailed information on frequency of the abnormal genes, types of sickle cell disease, and clinical problems. Printed on 50lb card
    Cost US$0.30 each plus p&pDiscounts available for bulk orders


    Sickle Cell Disease. An Information Booklet for Patients and Parents.

    An attractively designed and illustrated 16-page booklet addressing the blood, genetics, anaemia, jaundice, pains (double page illustrated), fever, ulcers, urine, diet, school, and sexual activity. Designed for children but has also proved popular with adults.
    Cost US$2.00 each plus p&p.Discounts available for bulk orders

    Clinical Guide

    Designed for health care workers to provide principles of genetics, laboratory diagnosis, clinical features and management

    An 86-page full colour Guide to Sickle Cell Disease arranged in five sections.
    1 Basic Principles
    2 Genetics
    3 Principles of laboratory diagnosis
    4 Clinical features
    5 Management

    Colour coded system for easy
    identification
    of sections on
    symptoms and differential
    diagnosis

       

    Genetics
    Distribution of bone pain in painful crisis
     
    Sample pages for painful crisis and acute splenic sequestration:
    formatted with images on left, summary text on right and 3 selected references
    Available from the Sickle Cell Trust, 14 Milverton Crescent, Kingston 6, Jamaica; This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

    Posters
    Sickle cell disease
    How do you get it?
    Sickle cell
    Why is it called?
    Sickle cell trait
    What is it?
    Sickle cell disease
    How do you treat it?
    Sickle cell disease worldwide Sickle cell disease
    What problems occur?
    Sets of 6 full colour posters 18” x 24” printed on card addressing major features of the disease, genetics, pathology, geographic distribution, clinical features and management. Useful for public display areas such as clinics or schools.

    Cost US$12 per set plus p&p.
    Available from the Sickle Cell Trust, 14 Milverton Crescent, Kingston 6, Jamaica, email: \n grserjeant@cwjamaica.com

     

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