2022 World Sickle Cell Day: Group calls for community participation in reducing disease in Nigeria
A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Sickle Cell Hope Alive Foundation (SCHAF) has identified…
Don’t sympathise with people living with Sickle Cell ― Obasanjo
The former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has advised that the people living…
How gene editing can be used to cure cancer, sickle cell ― Scientist
A scientist, Dr Rose Gidado has said that with the advanced biotechnology…
Portrait of a Sickle-cell crisis
“I don’t want to inflict the burden of my Sickle-cell disease on…
Leg ulcer common in teenage sickle cell patients – Expert
DR Henry Ekwedigwe, an Orthopaedic Surgeon, says leg ulcer is common on…
Eat good food to replace lost cells, Don advises sickle cell patients
PROFESSOR Obiageli Nnodu of the University of Abuja has advised sickle cell…
150,000 Nigerian children born with sickle cells disease annually – Don
PROFESSOR Aliyu Babadoko, Consultant Hematologist with the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital…
FG establishes 6 sickle cell reference centres, says Health Minister
Federal Government has established six sickle cell reference centres in six Federal…
Sickle cell children can live long — Expert
Sickle cell children can live long unlike widespread but wrong belief that…
Sickle Cell Disease, not a death sentence ―Expert
DR Samson Sule, a Consultant Paediatrician, at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC),…
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