The Division of Haematology/Oncology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), in partnership with Dream Legacy Foundation and the Black Innovation Fellowship Program at Ryerson University, is pleased to launch the Dream Maker Inc. Fellowship in Sickle Cell Disease in September 2020. Read more and apply!
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With its current population at 167 million, Nigeria is the most populous African country. It has the highest sickle cell disease (SCD) burden in the world with ~19 of 1000 births affected with the disease. Although there have been several SCD associations and other non-governmental organizations devoted to the disease, a concerted truly national advocacy group had been lacking. At the global SCD congress in Accra in July 2010, the Nigerian delegates met and decided to launch the Sickle Cell Support Society of Nigeria, bringing together Nigerian doctors, scientists, NGOs and patients with interest in the disease, both within the country and...
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World Sickle Cell Day 2019: The Debt the Black Race owes the Sickle Cell Disease Patient
Professor Adekunle Adekile Introduction As we celebrate this year’s World Sickle Cell Day, Nigerians need to take a pause and appreciate what the disease means to us as nation, in particular and to the Black race, in general. I wonder how many Nigerians...
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International Journal for Hemoglobin Research
Preliminary Evaluation of a Point-of-Care Testing Device (SickleSCAN™) in Screening for Sickle Cell Disease Maxwell M. Nwegbu, Hezekiah A. Isa, Biyaya B. Nwankwo, Chinedu C. Okeke, Uduak J. Edet-Offong, Norah O. Akinola, Adekunle D. Adekile, John C. Aneke, Em...
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Scholarships
Below are the recipients of FIOCRUZ Scholarships for Study in Brazilian Universities. PhD Degree Dr. Ademola Adegoke of Department of Paediatrics and Child health Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Dr. Oladele Olatunya of Department of Paediatrics an...
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