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Nigeria: Nigerians with sickle cell, frustrated, confused, dying from stigma — SCHAF

Nigeria: Nigerians with sickle cell, frustrated, confused, dying from stigma — SCHAF

Africa Links 24 with Sade Oguntola
Published on 2024-09-26 02:30:50

FOUNDER of Sickle Cell Hope Alive Foundation (SCHAF), Prof Adeyinka Falusi, has decried that a large number of Nigeria’s 4 to 6 million people living with sickle cell disease are frustrated, confused, and dying from stigma.

Falusi, who spoke at the Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month by SCHAF tagged “Mothers of Warriors in Action” in Ibadan, said almost everyone in their extended family, if not in their immediate families, has someone living with sickle cell, and there is no need for…

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