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The Sickle Cell Carers Awareness Network (SCCAN) helps to extend life and improve quality of life for sickle cell anaemia sufferers and their carers in Sierra Leone. Sickle cell anaemia is a painful inherited blood disorder; it cannot be caught. There are 12 million estimated sufferers in Africa. When left unmanaged 80% of child sufferers die before their fifth year in rural areas. Managed sickle cell sufferers can lead long active lives.