Ella Mae Bransom Sickle Cell Association

Ella Mae Bransom Sickle Cell Association’s mission is to advocate for and enhance their Southern Colorado membership’s ability to improve their quality of health.

Sickle Cell Disease is a painful condition affects everyone from babies through adults.

The sickle cell trait or the carrier state for sickle cell anemia occurs in high frequency among people of African-American and/or Hispanic descent, but it can also occur in people of all ethnicities. For nearly three decades, screening for sickle cell disease and related hemoglobinopathies has been part of state mandated universal newborn screening programs in the US.