# Plain Language Summary: World Sickle Cell Awareness Day Resolution

This is a resolution expressing Congress's support for designating June 19, 2023, as "World Sickle Cell Awareness Day" across the United States and internationally. It's essentially a symbolic statement rather than a law that creates new requirements or programs. The resolution aims to draw attention to sickle cell disease and encourage people to learn more about this serious health condition.

Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that primarily affects Black Americans and people of African descent, though it can occur in anyone. The disease causes red blood cells to become rigid and crescent-shaped, which blocks blood flow and causes severe pain, organ damage, and other serious complications. By designating a specific day for awareness, Congress is highlighting the need for better research, early detection screening programs, new treatments, and preventative care to help people manage the disease and work toward finding a cure.

This resolution doesn't directly fund research or create new healthcare programs, but it serves as an official recognition that sickle cell disease deserves more public attention and resources. It's a way for Congress to say that this health issue matters and should be taken seriously by medical professionals, researchers, patients, and the general public. For people living with sickle cell disease and their families, this kind of official recognition can help raise awareness and potentially lead to increased funding and support for research and treatment options down the road.

A resolution expressing support for the designation of June 19, 2023, as "World Sickle Cell Awareness Day" in order to increase public awareness across the United States and global community about sickle cell disease and the continued need for empirical research, early detection screenings, novel effective treatments leading to a cure, and preventative care programs with respect to complications from sickle cell anemia and conditions relating to sickle cell disease.

Booker, Cory A.

 <p>This resolution supports the goals and ideals of World Sickle Cell Awareness Day.</p>