Sickle cell

In commemoration of the 2022 World sickle cell day, the First Lady of Kwara State and Founder Ajike People Support Center, Ambassador Dr Olufolake Abdulrazaq, has procured  health insurance cover for over 100 people living with the disease,…

A medical doctor and founder, Sickle Live Foundation, Dr. Oluwatosin Adesoye, has called on governments at the local, state and federal levels in Nigeria to give preference to the employment of qualified people among those living with the…

The Director, University of Abuja Centre of Excellence for Sickle Cell Research and Training, Prof. Obiageli Nnodu, has called for early screening of new born babies against Sickle Cell Disease (SCD). She made the call in an interview in…

A public health expert, Dr. Adiat Adeniyi, has bemoaned the lack of voluntary blood donors and access to grants, noting that they are some of the major challenges people living with sickle cell face while trying to access automatic exchange…