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WORLD SICKLE CELL DAY HISTORY

World Sickle Cell Day 2018 will be celebrated all over the world on Tuesday the 19th of June. WORLD SICKLE CELL DAY HISTORY World Sickle Cell Day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2008 in order to increase the awareness about the sickle cell disease and its...

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Warri Let’s Do This!!!

1st Annual Sickle Cell Walk in Warri!!!! Let’s do this!!! Come Out to help create awareness! To debunk sickle cell myths! To encourage warriors! Let’s walk to those who lost the fight! To stop stigma and discrimination! To show support to those who suffer from sickle cell! To give help...

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Walkathon : Warri’s First Sickle Cell Awareness Walk.

Join us on Sat. June 16th for our first annual Sickle Cell Walk in Warri, Move for Sickle Cell Disease! Sickle cell disease is not just about pain. It is also about strength. With a supportive community, people living with sickle cell or warriors as we refer ourselves can come...

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Priapism.

Priapism is a prolonged erection of the penis. The persistent erection continues hours beyond and is not as a result of by sexual stimulation or desires. Priapism is usually painful. Although priapism is an uncommon condition overall, it occurs commonly in certain groups, such as people who have sickle cell...

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Oldest Warrior in Nigeria

Who Says Warriors (sicklers) cant live to old age? Join me, lets take a peep at Mama Laguda who has lived well over 90 years in this obodo Nigeria, nor be abroad. Alhaja Ashiata Abike Onikoyi nee Laguda’s was born with Sickle Cell anemia. At that time, no-one expected her...

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TEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT SICKLE CELL.

This is a list of ten quick facts you should know about sickle cell. Sickle cell disease is inherited. People are born with it. It‘s not contagious, so you can’t catch it from someone. Sickle cell disease is a lifelong health condition. Sickle cell causes a type of faulty hemoglobin....

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The Do’s and Don’t of a Warrior (Sickle)

Hey guys, hope you enjoyed my first post, if you did, please help me share. The goal is to build a community of warriors and let’s hold hands together. I am so excited about this project, at 32 years, I know my journey has just begun and I’m okay with...

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26 Years Old Sickle Cell Cured.

Alberta woman 1st adult in Canada to be ‘cured’ of sickle cell anemia through a stem cell transplant Revée Agyepong of Edmonton underwent the procedure at the Calgary cancer center with donor cells from sister. An Alberta woman is the first adult in Canada to be cured of sickle cell...