.5m People Suffering From Sickle Cell In Kebbi

  • 📰 LeadershipNGA
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 1 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 4%
  • Publisher: 77%

Health Health Headlines News

Health Health Latest News,Health Health Headlines

Kebbi State has a population of two million people, 25 per cent of whom are Sickle Cell carriers. In this report, YAHYA SARKI x-rays the disease burden and the efforts of the state government, individuals and NGOs in addressing this health emergency. Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders. […]

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 4. in HEALTH

Health Health Latest News, Health Health Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Over 150,000 lnfants die of sickle cell - The Nation NigeriaSickle Cell Community, a group founded for the control of Sickle Cell Disease, SCD, in Kano State has said that about 150,000 infants...
Source: TheNationNews - 🏆 6. / 69 Read more »

Over 150,000 infants die of sickle cell - The Nation NigeriaSickle Cell Community, a group founded for the control of Sickle Cell Disease, SCD, in Kano State has said that about 150,000 infants die
Source: TheNationNews - 🏆 6. / 69 Read more »

Girl dies after being detained by hospital over unpaid medical bill - Daily Post NigeriaA sickle cell patient identified as Onyinye Ezeanyika this morning died in a mission hospital in Onitsha, after being detained by the hospital management o oluwaloninyo 'She lamented that sickle cell patients were now being used by hospitals to make money by charging them exorbitantly, in the hope that philanthropists and other organisations will come to redeem the bills.' SMH!!
Source: DailyPostNGR - 🏆 11. / 59 Read more »