54 Sickle Cell News

Two SCD Trailblazers Survive Cancer

Sickle Cell Warriors Kimberlin Wilson George and Elvie Ingoli were found with cancer as children (aged 8 and 13) respectively. Kimberlin was the first with sickle cell to undergo BMT in the world while Elvie was the first with sickle cell to undergo same in Germany.

Women In Engineering

Nigeria's professional women engineers zero in on SCD to celebrate World Engineering Day. Like most citizens, they are also directly or indirectly impacted by a blood disorder their country carries on its head like a giant trophy

Two SCD Warrior-Beauty Queens

Margaret Cassell and Sussan Chidinma Obiechina are SCD advocates in Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Both demonstrate that you can live with a health challenge and be beautiful. In and out.

COVID-19

Proper, basic, ordinary hand washing does wonders for coronavirus prevention

Know Thyself, Treat Thyself Well!

Sickle Cell Warrior Dr. Tosin (Tee) Adesoye warns trying to keep up with the Jones and Joneses may be counterproductive if you have SCD