Tag: Sickle Cell Disease
Nigerians mourn as first class graduate who battled sickle cell dies
Nigerians have taken to social media to mourn the death of first class graduate and sickle cell advocate Anisa Ishaq-Balogun,…
Crizanlizumab new drug for sickle cell unveiled
The drug made by Novartis, has been described as "an innovative treatment"
Sickle cell: Expert calls for screening of newborns
Mr Chukwudi Nwabueze, Director, Daren’s Bay Ltd., distributors of pharmaceutical products, has called for a policy to promote screening of…
Sickle Cell Disease, not a death sentence – Expert
Dr. Samson Sule, a Consultant Paediatrician, at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, says sickle-cell disease (SCD),the foremost genetic disease…
Dimeji Bankole loses daughter to sickle cell disease
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Tragedy struck on Wednesday at the home of the former Speaker of the Federal House of Representative, Rt.…