Favour Adinya Experts drawn from all walks of life have sued for premarital screening laws in Nigeria to combat sickle cell disease in families. This was the summary of the one-day event on ‘A Sickle Cell Research Review and Book Reading of Northwest’ organized by the Founder of Okares Sickle Cell Foundation, Barrister Onor-Obasi Tawo.
By Patrick Obia In June 2023, Onor-Obassi Egim Tawo, a lawyer based in Calabar, Cross River State, began an online petition on Change.org demanding that the government make genotype counseling and tests mandatory for intending couples in Nigeria. This policy measure, she thought, would help would-be couples make informed decisions and consequently reduce the high
TOPIC Sickle Cell And Public Health Care: Between Knowledge, Rights, And Reality. INTRODUCTION Sickle cell anemia is a medical term that refers to a group of disorders that cause a change in the shape of red blood cells and their subsequent breakdown. Also called Sickle cell disease, it is inherited and is the contortion of
By Patrick Obia As every September is mapped out for sickle cell awareness month, sickle cell advocate, Miss Offiong Ononokpono has advised that intending couples should endeavor to know their genotypes before marriage to avoid disaster of compatibility. Miss Offiong, who has being on the streets of Calabar campaigning against sickle cell in the State,