Anemia Deficiency in the concentration of erythrocytes and/or hemoglobin concentration ... in the shape of erythrocytes May be normal in newborn period or seen in anemia due to RBC defects ...

Hemoglobin levels were further linked to newborn birth weight (r=0.29).

In Ghana, screening identifies hemoglobin SC in about 50% of affected newborns, while in the U.S., over 30,000 children and adults have hemoglobin SC, representing 30% of the total population with ...

With approximately 18,000 babies born with sickle cell disease (SCD) annually out of an estimated 896,000 births, Ghana has announced plans to screen every newborn baby for the condition.