The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) on Thursday donated relief materials to the Sickle Cell Orphanage and Underprivileged Home in Agulu,…
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The Nigerian Senate has taken a major step toward improving healthcare delivery as a bill sponsored by Sen. Sunday Katung…
Health experts are urging that children with sickle cell disorder should start taking hydroxyurea early. They say the drug greatly…
A Nigerian woman, Ambassador Eniola Cole, who supports sickle cell awareness and writes books, shared her amazing story of how her genotype changed from SS (which causes sickle cell disease) to AA (normal).She called this a miracle.
The founder of Nirvana Initiative, Mrs. Modupelola Babawale, has expressed concern over the persistent neglect of individuals living with sickle cell disorder in Nigeria.
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark World Sickle Cell Day in 2025, child health experts are once again stressing how important it is for couples to do premarital screening. This helps prevent the spread of sickle cell disease in the country.
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has successfully completed another cycle of bone marrow transplants for patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), marking continued progress in the local treatment of the condition.
With an estimated four million Nigerians living with sickle cell disease in the country, experts have urged the government to invest in local manufacturing of gene therapy treatment.
For 36 years, Tayo Oredola-Elegbede has lived with sickle cell disease. She has endured the pain, the hospital visits, and…
The Founder, Sickle Cell Self-Help Initiative,a Non-Governmental Organisation, Mrs Fatima Bayero has expressed concern over 51 additional cases of sickle cell anemia patients recorded in the state from January to August 2023.