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Nigeria: Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria marks 2024 World Sickle Cell Day

Nigeria: Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria marks 2024 World Sickle Cell Day

Africa Links 24 with Kingsley Alumona
Published on 2024-06-29 05:15:53

In commemoration of the 2024 World Sickle Cell Day, the Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria held a town hall meeting with the theme: ‘Sickle Cell Disorder: A National Emergency’. The National Director of the Foundation brings excerpts.

Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) is the most common inherited blood disorder in the world. It is associated with a severe shortage of blood, severe pain, serious complications such as stroke in children, chronic leg ulcers, degeneration of the hip joint, multiple…

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