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Available data suggest that Nigeria has the highest burden of sickle cell disorder in the world with over 40 million Nigerians carrying the gene. One in two babies born with…

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MTN Foundation Reinforces Support for the Protection of Nigerian Babies

Ikemesit Effiong
February 14, 2019

The reality of life for sufferers from sickle cell disease is one that no one would wish for their loved ones. SCD comes from an abnormality in the oxygen-carrying…

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Getting a healthy boost: MTN Foundation upgrades Sickle Cell DNA Lab in Lagos

Ikemesit Effiong
February 8, 2019

The MTN Foundation has completed the installation and upgrade of advanced Prenatal Diagnostic equipment at the DNA laboratory of the Sickle Cell Foundation of Nigeria (SCFN). The handover ceremony held…

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MTN Foundation Reinforces Support for the Protection of Nigerian Babies

Getting a healthy boost: MTN Foundation upgrades Sickle Cell DNA Lab in Lagos

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