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COVID-19 Grinds June 19 Into Dust By Ayoola Olajide I was speaking with a friend who works with the United Nations in New York. A polyglot, she can’t stop – or can’t resist – sprinkling into her conversations a word or two from the native vocabulary of whomever she chats with. We had a long…
Like the one recently reported for a Bahraini sickle cell warrior, it all started like one of those niggling SCD Crises ….. Sociology graduate Kehinde Salami, Founder/Director/CEO of of the UK-based SCD advocacy, Sicklekan Sickle Cell Foundation, was admitted to hospital with symptoms resembling sickle cell crises. Well. It was day day 3 I was…
THE GREAT ADUKE AND ME, BY MOSUN ADENIJI She re-dedicated her life to Jesus Christ two weeks before she died. Her daughter, Mosun reveals why the nonagenarian asked to be buried the Muslim way. Had multiple organ failure Had a mild stroke Last statement was, ‘Mosun, I want to sleep.’ My mom was a rare…
Final Burial Ceremonies slated for Alhaja Asiata Adukę Onikoyi-Laguda, the iconic Sickle Cell Warrior who passed away on February 29, aged 94, has been cancelled. The ceremonies were earlier slated for April 9, the fortieth day of her transition. Close family sources informed SICKLE CELL NEWS that the event was cancelled taking into consideration the…
It was the tradition at the school Oluwayemisi Ajayi attended, Fakunle Comprehensive High School, Osogbo, that most science students aspired to go on to study medicine. ‘It was the same for me – I wanted to be a medical doctor,’ Oluwayemisi says. As fate would have it, she studied Nursing at the School of Nursing…
In previous years, the Sickle Cell Foundation (Nigeria) had trained and certified 30 or more new Genetic Counsellors at a time. This year, by accident or design, the numbers were much lower, just 22 in all, half of whom were nurses, among them, retired nurse and midwife, Mrs. Falilat Funmilayo Salami. As in other parts…
‘My Life As an ‘Area Boy’‘ By Titi Aladei Oluwadare Olatunji David, alias Pastore, is a 29-year-old former street hooligan – or, as they are called in Lagos, ‘Area Boy’. Until three years ago, he was neck deep in the trade of hooliganism – rough living, extortion, burglary, etc. Unlike most Area Boys, Pastore lives…
March 2020SCDAA Health Alert The best way to prevent serious illness is to keep from getting infected in the first place. March 17, 2020 – With COVID-19 on the forefront of nearly everyone’s minds, the Medical and Research Advisory Committee (MARAC) at SCDAA wants to provide information to our sickle cell community. Educating yourself about the…
Global Alliance of Sickle Cell Disease Organizations Statement on Coronavirus (COVID-19) SCD is considered an immuno-compromised condition, which makes those living with sickle cell disease more susceptible to infections. Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) 1. A brief overview about Coronavirus (COVID-19) Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak started in late 2019 and developed into global pandemic…
