Dr Emmanuel Tenywa, the in-charge of the unit, highlighted the challenges faced due to the drug shortage. The unit’s sickle cell clinic, which operates every Monday, serves approximately 80 children.

Amin, a pediatric hematology and oncology expert at the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, which is one of four ...

Haunted by stigma, discrimination, and the unpredictability of crises, Nigerians living with sickle cell disorder — known as ...

A Deputy Spokesperson for the Dr Mahamudu Bawumia Campaign team, Dr Ekua Amoakoh, has challenged claims by the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, that the National Health Insurance Scheme ...

Press Release - Africa's health agency has called for urgent action on sickle cell disease, warning that most of the 300,000 babies born with the condition each year on the continent die before their ...

Incyte secures FDA nod for Opzeluras pediatric use in atopic dermatitis, marking its third U.S. approval and boosting sales momentum.

Health Minister Joseph Minta Akandoh has come under criticism on social media after claiming that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has “now” begun covering the treatment of sickle cell ...

A national study showed decreasing mortality for cystic fibrosis but increasing mortality for sickle cell disease from 2008 to 2023. The trends affected nearly all age groups. The researchers ...

The genetic mutation is found in 1 and 365 African Americans and effects over 100,000 Americans each year. Sickle Cell Anemia Disease causes the blood cells to be misshapen and create blockages in the ...

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