Love her or loathe her, Aisha Edwards-Maduagwu has written her name in the annals of SCD awareness in Nigeria. In 2015, Sickle Cell News dubbed her a ‘General’ in the SCD trenches in Africa’s largest – and the world’s highest-burdened SCD country. In this interview with Prince Emetanajo, she tells more about championing SCD cause…
In separate donations mid-February 2019 from the Faithmicheal Smile Foundation and the Rotary Club of Awka Smith-town District 9142, the Association of Persons Living with SCD (APLSCD) received bus loads of food items, provisions and gift items. Faithmicheal’s CEO, Ifunanya Chinenye encouraged folks living with SCD to remain steadfast and shun acts capable of undermining…
A Sickle Cell Patient, Miss Onyinye Ezemaduka, has died while being detained at a hospital in Southeast Nigeria for her inability to pay her medical bills. The sad incident occurred at St Charles Borromeo Hospital Onitsha, Enugu State, where Ezemaduka was prevented from going home unless she fully paid for debts incurred when she was…
it was a season of honours and accolades for Mrs. Maureen Aisha Edwards, National Coordinator/CEO, APLSCD, Awka. First, the Rotary Club of Agbara, District 9110 Nigeria accorded the tireless SCD advocate a Humanitarian Service Award, part of activities marking the installation of Barrister (Mrs.) Tussy Afam-Obi September 8. Rot Afam-Obi is only the 34th…
