Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Sickle Cell Program

Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs

The Arizona Sickle Cell Anemia Program is the result of state legislation and is administered and funded through the Office for Children with Special Health Care Needs (OCSHCN).

The program emphasis has been on:

Identifying, diagnosing and treating newborns with sickle cell disease.
Preventing physical impairments and deaths due to strokes, sepsis and bacterial infections.

New:
Request for Proposal - Report Forms [PDF 38K]
Sickle Cell Disease data 2006 [PDF 13K]
Sickle Cell Disease data 2007 [PDF 13K]

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You Don't have to be Black
to Have Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle Cell Anemia:
"It's A Family Affair"
[1.6 MB PDF file]

The program provides statewide screening for sickle cell and other hemoglobin disorders. Confidential counseling services are provided to educate families who have a newborn with positive screening results. A knowledgeable sickle cell counselor will assist families in making informed decisions regarding child bearing.

Further information may be obtained by contacting OCSHCN at
(602) 542-1860.