58 Sickle Cell News

Family

'My Mom and Three of her siblings were Sickle Cell Warriors... My Own Son Too!' - Hajiya Halima Usman Nagado, Founder, Impact Sickle Cell Anaemia Foundation  PAGE 9

Love Affair

Dr. and Mrs. Babafemi Adedoye had completed their family before she knew he was a Sickle Cell Warrior!

Skin Ulceration

Skin ulcers are some of the most painful complications of Sickle Cell Disorder. But why do they sometimes occur on same spot, same time on the legs?

Genetic Engineering

Nigerian-born Jimi Olaghere enters SCD Hall of Fame as one of the first to be cured by SCD through genetic engineering!

Hope For A Cure

A Universal Cure For SCD Is At Hand!

- Regina Hartfield, SCDAA President, CEO: 

SCD Clinical Research Centre

By the unwavering determination of Kate Ogeyi Odey, Nigeria gets first privately-owned Sickle Cell Clinic and Research Centre

Black Church Initiative

Coalition of African-American and Latino churches with over 27 million members launches initiative for sickle cell awareness

Health Finance

Eithleen Peacock (on $500K/year SCD management medication) roots for AVOIDANCE if for financial reasons alone!

Foundation

Richard Coker Foundation - 18 years on the trenches of SCD awareness in Africa.. Remembering the man Richard Coker Enahoro