FILE - This 2009 colorized microscope image made available by the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a sickle cell, left, and normal red blood cells of a patient with sickle cell anemia. Photo by Janice Haney Carr/AP/Sickle Cell Foundation Of Georgia.
FILE - This 2009 colorized microscope image made available by the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a sickle cell, left, and normal red blood cells of a patient with sickle cell anemia. Photo by Janice Haney Carr/AP/Sickle Cell Foundation Of Georgia.

Next month don’t be surprised if you see many Baltimore residents wearing red or even see some buildings lit up with the hue.

Sickle Cell Improvement in the Northeast Region is holding its annual Shine the Light on Sickle Cell campaign to bring attention to the disease.

SCD disproportionately impacts Black populations, and therefore is prominent in the Baltimore region.

About 1 in 767 of babies born in Maryland have SCD. The state tests every child who is at risk for the disease after birth.

Read more at WYPR.