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Sickle Cell is a Human Condition Sickle cell disease SCD is often defined as a Black disease. Although it affects people of African descent predominantly SCD is not exclusive to Africans and Black Americans. Sickle cell disease is indigenous to Southern China Southeast Asia the Mediterranean Middle East India Central and South America. About SCTPN Sickle CellThalassemia Patients Network SCTPN began in 1989 at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital now known as Interfaith Medical Center located in Brooklyn NYas an adult and parent support group for individuals with inherited blood disorders.