Developed by a private-sector panel of health care experts and a consumer representative, this clinical practice guideline sets forth a comprehensive program for identifying, diagnosing, and treating newborns and infants with sickle cell disease and recommends education and counseling strategies for their parents. Addresses neonatal screening and provides specific recommendations on the newborn population to be screened, laboratory methods for screening and diagnosing the disease, and medical management of patients. Includes tables, glossary, references, and sources for patient education materials.

Volume 1 of the Prevention Book presents the principles of a programme for the prevention of the thalassaemia and other haemoglobin disorders, including a description of the various types of disorders requiring prenatal diagnosis, the strategies used for carrier screening, and a number of annexes listing upto date epidemiological and mutation data on thalassaemia. This book was written for use in combination with Volume 2, which describes many of the laboratory protocols in great detail.