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Proc 10800ProclamationBiden · DCeremonial

Proclamation 10800

National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, 2024

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In simple terms

President Biden proclaims September 2024 as National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, calling on Americans to learn about Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and highlighting ongoing administration efforts including FDA-approved gene therapies, NIH research funding, expanded Medicare/Medicaid access to treatments, and CDC data collection improvements.

Federal Register Open PDF 89 FR 72291

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 89 FR 72291

    Federal Register PDF

  3. National Sickle Cell Awareness Month begins

Key directives

  • Proclaim September 2024 as National Sickle Cell Awareness Month
  • Call upon people of the United States to learn more about Sickle Cell Disease

What to expect

Immediate

  • Proclamation takes effect for September 2024

Near term (90d)

  • September 2024 observance period

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Document describes ongoing administration efforts but these are framed as background context, not new directives from this proclamation
  • Health disparities framing may have political resonance but proclamation itself creates no new policy
Proclamation 10800: National Sickle Cell Awareness Month, 2024 · Executive Orders