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Telehealth access, sickle cell care among priorities for state rural health disparities taskforce

Por: The Advocate Politics October 21, 2023

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For central and northern Louisianans living with sickle cell disease, a doctor’s visit often requires  an hours-long drive.The region’s care options for the disease, a group of inherited blood disorders that primarily affects Black communities, are severely limited, according to Shay Hardison, executive director of the Sickle Cell Anemia Resource Foundation in Alexandria. The foundation’s clients often must commute to Shreveport, where... + full article



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