![Hajarah Nalwadda Barbara Nabulo arrives to pick her sickle cell prescription at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, in Mbale, Uganda, Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9387b9bf1cc4458794853e100b6b6794/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Barbara Nabulo arrives to pick her sickle cell prescription at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, in Mbale, Uganda, Friday, April 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
![Hajarah Nalwadda Barbara Nabulo talks to patients at the children's emergency ward at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, in Mbale, Uganda Friday, April 26, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/3c1e4d8ac2a24fb99e4a438b36c0c0f8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Barbara Nabulo talks to patients at the children's emergency ward at Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, in Mbale, Uganda Friday, April 26, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
![Hajarah Nalwadda Barbara Nabulo cleans clothes at her home in Busamaga-Mutukula village in Mbale, Uganda, Thursday, April 25, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e5a02d4e74004d6b921f32c6fbd846d1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Barbara Nabulo cleans clothes at her home in Busamaga-Mutukula village in Mbale, Uganda, Thursday, April 25, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
![Hajarah Nalwadda Barbara Nabulo who lives with sickle cell disease jokes with her husband at Busamaga-Mutukula village in Mbale, Uganda, Thursday, April 25, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/09f7e38f5e984e0f982222415df1edc1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Barbara Nabulo who lives with sickle cell disease jokes with her husband at Busamaga-Mutukula village in Mbale, Uganda, Thursday, April 25, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
![Hajarah Nalwadda Barbara Nabulo interacts with her father Michael Kiboya, at Kilombe village, in Mbale, Uganda, Thursday, April 25, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/4aae6284b37f437eb3d260315688f995/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Barbara Nabulo interacts with her father Michael Kiboya, at Kilombe village, in Mbale, Uganda, Thursday, April 25, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
![Hajarah Nalwadda Barbara Nabulo interacts with her parents at Kilombe village, in Mbale, Uganda, Friday, April. 26, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d6ffbbae5a7c4b768be7f49a1e9fef1c/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Barbara Nabulo interacts with her parents at Kilombe village, in Mbale, Uganda, Friday, April. 26, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
![Hajarah Nalwadda Barbara Nabulo picks her sickle cell prescription at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital pharmacy counter, in Mbale, Uganda Friday, April 26, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/648c7a0a9bbb4c349a48c32e2951160d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Barbara Nabulo picks her sickle cell prescription at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital pharmacy counter, in Mbale, Uganda Friday, April 26, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
![Hajarah Nalwadda Sickle cell patient John Elugalt lies on a hospital bed inside the emergency room at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale, Uganda, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7db272efb60643738e6da1fdb87592a8/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Sickle cell patient John Elugalt lies on a hospital bed inside the emergency room at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale, Uganda, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
![Hajarah Nalwadda 23 years old John Elugalt, a sickler resting on a hospital bed inside the emergency room, at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale, Uganda, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/5d4afcb93c4945e19a5a8c85e2b8441a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
23 years old John Elugalt, a sickler resting on a hospital bed inside the emergency room, at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale, Uganda, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
![Hajarah Nalwadda A nurse is assessing John Elugalt's condition inside the emergency room at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, in Mbale, Uganda, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/6f13ca60eb6c4e3bab002eafed709610/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A nurse is assessing John Elugalt's condition inside the emergency room at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, in Mbale, Uganda, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
![Hajarah Nalwadda A laboratory technician examines sickle cell blood samples, at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale, Uganda, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/dd4b9f44e2f24c738e90a62c60dd3129/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
A laboratory technician examines sickle cell blood samples, at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale, Uganda, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
![Hajarah Nalwadda Julian Abeso looks at a sickle cell patient's x-ray image at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda Wednesday, April. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8a1a174f71b3472d8e5e5782607ce3f2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Julian Abeso looks at a sickle cell patient's x-ray image at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda Wednesday, April. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)
![Hajarah Nalwadda Julian Abeso walks around sickle cell patients ward at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale, Uganda, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1e93ce4191474328ab008d91921bfc54/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x)
Julian Abeso walks around sickle cell patients ward at the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital in Mbale, Uganda, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. There can be lifelong challenges for people with sickle cell disease in rural Uganda, where it remains poorly understood. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)