By YAHYA SARKI, Birnin Kebbi As part of activities to mark 2019 World Sickle Day in Kebbi State, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has donated blood testing equipment to Kebbi Sickle Cell Association (KESCA) for free blood screening of the people in the state. The presentation of the items and commissioning of Premarital Genotype […]
As part of activities to mark 2019 World Sickle Day in Kebbi State, the Central Bank of Nigeria has donated blood testing equipment to Kebbi Sickle Cell Association for free blood screening of the people in the state.
While commending CBN for the donation, the Kebbi State Coordinator of KESCA, Hajiya Hadiza said the facility would go a long way in giving support to people with Sickle Cell and provide free blood screening to people. “It is a collective responsibility, in every four individuals in Nigeria, one has a Sickle Cell gene, this is a threat to families. With this donation, everybody in the state has full access to know his or her genotype free of charge before marriage,” he added.
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