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Nigerian singer and songwriter, Adekunle Gold, has rolled out a free health insurance scheme for 1,000 people living with sickle cell disorder under his foundation’s new initiative tagged 5 Star ...

Speaking at a four-day programme to commemorate the 2025 World Sickle Cell Day in Ijagbo, Oyun local government area of the state on Friday, co-founder of the Kudirat Adebisi Oyawoye Foundation ...

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Sickle Cell Awareness Initiative Ireland-Nigeria (SCAIIN) have launched a landmark Sickle Cell Awareness and Advocacy Flagship programme in the nine ...

The founder of the foundation, Mr. Dotun Oladipupo, who made the call on Thursday at a press conference held, in commemoration of the 2025 World Sickle Cell Day, in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital ...

Ogbuku noted that sickle cell disease affects thousands of individuals and families in the Niger Delta, with many lacking access to early diagnosis, counseling, and treatment.

Despite this, hospital admissions for sickle cell rose by 42% between 2013 and 2022. Sickle cell disorder is an inherited condition affecting red blood cells. People with the condition produce ...

Sickle cell disorder is thought to affect around 14 000 people in the UK and is particularly common in people with an African or Caribbean background. Imperial College researchers found that, when ...

While Nigeria has yet to commence gene therapy procedures, data from the session on curative treatment during the recently concluded 5th Global Congress on Sickle Cell Disease in Abuja revealed ...

Symptoms frequently include itching, anaphylaxis, flushing, and diarrhea. An analysis of data on patients diagnosed with SM between 2000 and 2021 revealed an incidence of 0.1 per 100,000 in the ...

Dela Lloyd, an 80-year-old former nurse from Woodbridge, has lived with sickle cell all her life, and was told that she may not live to see her 40th birthday, Mrs Lloyd’s husband, John, explained.