In commemoration of this year’s World Sickle Cell Day, Airtel Nigeria partnered with the CrimsonBow Sickle Cell Initiative to host a well-attended sickle cell awareness and clinic on Saturday, 22nd June 2024, at Dansol Primary School, Ikeja, Lagos. The event…
By Sodiq Adelakun Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has inaugurated a state-of-the-art Paediatric Sickle Cell Centre at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). The centre, donated by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable…
The Senate has passed a bill seeking to control and manage sickle cell anaemia, a genetically inherited disease in Nigeria. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Health (Secondary and Tertiary). Chairman…
A Haematologist, Dr Patrick Obinna, says there is need for Nigerians with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) to be given priority access to COVID-19 vaccination. Obinna, who spoke with the Newsmen in Abuja ahead of World Sickle Cell Day marked annually…
