The Life of a Sickle Cell Warrior.
In carrying out research on the knowledge of sickle cell disorder and genotype importance; about 70 percent knew nothing about the sickle cell disorder and the few that knew about it referred to it as ‘Abiku’, they also did not see the need to know their genotype while in Egbokodo...
Few weeks back, an information got to us about the young man, we have been taking care of for some time now, that he was beaten by a man in his 40s for no just cause. On getting the sour news we had to go to the community to make...
ASCF holds her first Sickle cell club meeting on the 27th of April, 10am at Westend hospital, there will be medical team,free routine drugs, free vaccines for warrior kids and answers warrior issues. * * This meeting can be done on monthly basis to help provide routine drugs to our...
Effurun market awareness program was a success, thanks to ASCF crew,we did it and had fun educating people on ‘genotype ignorance’. During the exercise we had different people show interest * * We encountered a set of young men say in their mid to late 30s who argued blindly that...
Happy international day of happiness…So our February project love a sickle cell warrior was a success, as items donated for the project were in turn given to less privilege warriors at Otu Jeremi and neighbouring villages. * * The smiles and excitement having a group of warriors like them speak...
February 27 was the beginning of ASCF’s awareness education for 2019 and we were warmly received by the school (Edjeba College Edjeba). On introduction with the principal, we asked for a specific class to be educated on genotype importance and she said no,please this is a very vital topic I...
By Temitope Popoola Crew members of Legit.ng had an emotional time when they met Aderinsola Odebunmi, a 35-year-old sickle cell patient whose health is failing day by day. The frail looking lady who seemed like she had been through a lot since she was born poured out her heart to...
Nigeria is set to host the first continent-wide conference on sickle cell disease, an ailment which has been described as one of the world’s most common genetic diseases, affecting an increasing number of people but is still relatively unknown to the wider public. By Sponsored Press The maiden African Congress...
By Aisha Salaudeen, CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN)First date questions in many parts of the world usually revolve around hobbies or favorite TV shows. But in Nigeria, the first date conversation is more likely to be about your DNA than if you watch ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ or where you like to vacation.Many...
Source: Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (GBT) (NASDAQ: GBT), in partnership with sickle cell community-based organizations (CBOs), today announced the launch of Sickle Cell Speaks, a national campaign focused on breaking down stigmas associated with sickle cell disease...
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