Miscellaneous Current Affairs · 20 June 2026

World Sickle Cell Day 2026 observed globally on June 19

Exam-focused facts from the 20 June 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • World Sickle Cell Day is observed globally on June 19 every year.
  • The theme for World Sickle Cell Day 2026 is 'Closing the Survival Gap: Equity in Sickle Cell Disease'.
  • The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution in 2008 that formally established June 19 as a day for international awareness.
  • The first World Sickle Cell Day was celebrated in 2009.
  • Edwidge Ebakisse Badassou, a mother and advocate, united patients and researchers in 2001 leading to the first international congress at UNESCO in 2002.

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