Sickle Cell Trust of Jamaica

Sickle Cell Support

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The Sickle Cell Trust of Jamaica provides support, screening, counselling, and research for Jamaicans with sickle cell disease — a condition with particularly high prevalence in Afro-Caribbean populations. Jamaica has among the most sophisticated sickle cell research and clinical infrastructure in the developing world, much of it through the Sickle Cell Unit at UWI.

Contact Information

Website: https://www.google.com/search?q=Sickle+Cell+Trust+of+Jamaica+Jamaica

About mental health in Jamaica

Mental health support is available across Jamaica through public and private services. The Bellevue Hospital in Kingston is the main public psychiatric facility. University Hospital and private practitioners across Kingston, Mobay, and Mandeville offer confidential counselling and therapy. Choose Life International runs a 24/7 suicide prevention hotline. Faith-based and community support groups meet across all parishes.

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