Sickle cell

Man found to be HIV-positive after raping, deflowering girl with sickle cell disease in Abuja

A seeming uncontrollable s3xual urge which led to the destruction of the chastity of a sickle cell carrier teenager, Ngozi…

3 months ago

Sickle cell: LG Staff hails Ekiti govt, NGO over daughter’s free medical services

A middle-aged man identified as Kunle Adebayo has commended the Ekiti state government and the Olanipekun Ayomide (O.A) Initiative for…

4 months ago

Nigerians with sickle cell, frustrated, confused, dying from stigma — SCHAF

FOUNDER of Sickle Cell Hope Alive Foundation (SCHAF), Prof Adeyinka Falusi, has decried that a large number of Nigeria’s 4…

7 months ago

IHVN expands sickle cell, cancer research in Nigeria

The Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria (IHVN) is expanding its research focus to include sickle cell disease and cancer, in…

9 months ago

Initiative takes fight against sickle cell disease to communities

A non-governmental organisation, Nirvana Initiative and volunteerism, founded by a certified medical scientist accredited by the American Society for Clinical…

9 months ago

Some people still think sickle cell patients are spiritually possessed or cursed —Dr Mariam Lawal, pharmacist, sickle cell warrior

AWAU ADEGOKE   Dr Mariam Lawal is a sickle cell warrior and a pharmacist with the University College Hospital (UCH),…

10 months ago

Avoiding known triggers vital to prevent sickle cell disease crises, complications

Director for Bethesda Sickle Cell Foundation, Dr Nathaniel Akintunde, had said that avoiding known triggers like dehydration, over exertion, and…

10 months ago

Sickle cell: NGO launches Warriors Club in Ekiti

A non-governmental organization, Ayomide Olanipekun Initiative (AOI) has raised alarm over the high rate of sickle cell anaemia in Nigeria…

11 months ago

World Sickle Cell Day: Delta govt provides genotype screening equipment

As part of measures to curtail the Sickle cell disorder scourge, Delta State government has provided equipment for genotype tests…

11 months ago

Oyo Speaker’s family donates N5m to sickle cell patients

Clan of the Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin, on Wednesday, donated the sum of…

11 months ago

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