The Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria (SCFN) has received three Trans-Cranial Doppler (TCD) scan machines from the Covenant Medical Group (CMG) Global Foundation in collaboration with the Association of Nigerian Physicians…
A professional medical doctor who is also a sickle cell survivor (warrior), Dr. David Owoeye, has in the course of raising public awareness on the dangers posed by the dreaded…
Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says sickle cell carriers deserve better quality life. He said in Abuja on Tuesday that the carriers are people who are at risk of…
By Elmer Aluge People with sickle cell disease live with ‘disabilities’; let’s accept that first. An estimated four million people in Nigeria live with sickle cell disease (SCD), a genetic…
The President, Sickle Cell Aid Foundation, Ms Elmer Aluge, says early diagnosis of the Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) disease is key to ensuring that patients live normal lives. Aluge said…
Prof. Obiageli Nnodu, the Director, Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Disease Research and Training (CESRTA), has called on the Federal Government and policymakers to create a budgetary allocation to…
The Chief Executive Officer of the Sickle Cell Foundation, Dr Annette Akinsete, has said carriers of sickle cell anaemia should not be discouraged from marrying each other. Akinsete, on the…
A medical expert, Dr David Ajibade, says children below the age of 12 with sickle cell disorder, can live an almost normal life, if proper care is instituted early enough…
•Calls for more awareness of disorder Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has celebrated the 2020 World Sickle Cell Day…