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Thursday, 20 June 2013

Sickle Cell Children Born In Nigeria Is Approximately 150,000 Annually

Picture Of The Minister Of Health;Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu.
Chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has said Nigeria has the highest burden of sickle-cell anaemia with over 150,000 children born annually with it.
He said this during the 2013 Sickle Cell Summit held in Lagos to mark the world’s Sickle Cell Day organised by Dabma Sickle Cell Foundation in partnership with the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Ethics and Values.