Tanzania opens its first bone marrow transplant unit
Tanzania has launched the nation’s first bone marrow transplant center in the Benjamin Mkapa Hospital in the capital, Dodoma. The unit will concentrate on treating patients with sickle cell anemia. Tanzania is now the second sub-Saharan African nation with a bone marrow transplant unit after South Africa. Sickle cell anemia is a blood disorder inherited from both parents and is most common in sub-Saharan Africa. Defective blood cells that are sickle shaped cause a drop in hemoglobin in a patient and severe pain due to a blockage of the blood vessels by the sickle-shaped blood cells during a crisis. Sickle cell disease can also cause organ failure and usually results in premature death. A bone marrow transplant replaces sickle cells with healthy cells. Bone marrow transplants can also be used to treat leukemia and blood cancer. According to the BBC, Tanzania has the fourth highest rate of sickle cell anemia in the world.
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