Health & Fitness

GRANDSCOPE HAVENS (Properties) in its bid to add humanitarian values to society will commit 10% of every property sale/revenue to the Sickle Cell Cause in Nigeria. This will be done in partnership with the Disability & Sickle Cell Organization of Nigeria (DISCON) to achieve this CSR initiative through its projects. …

This customer on his way out of the office beckoned that he wanted to see me in camera. There were two other persons with me, so I had to excuse myself to give him an audience. “Sir, I would like to know you better. You sound like my countryman. Aren’t …

I was born with Sickle Cell Anemia In Milwaukee, Wisconsin. My doctors knew right away because the white part of my eyes (sclera) were yellow with bilirubin. The disease affected me gravely. I was constantly in and out of the ER due to excruciating pain crises. It got me admitted …

Not long after I was interviewed and published by a publication, the Sickle Cell News Journal (sicklecellnews.com), the publisher of the magazine got in touch again to inform me somebody else would also love to have a word with me and if he was free to share my contact info. …

– by Tayo Faloye. He had just concluded his mandatory one year NYSC programme and returned home to Lagos from Benue State. He had plans to return back there someday. He had fallen in love with their ways of life. Before his final discharge from service, he would regale us …

By: Tayo Faloye The Red Umbrella Walk 2019, tagged: #ShoutItOut4SCD, to commemorate the World Sickle Day, took place today at the Unilag Sports Centre where the walk kicked off and rounded off. The massive turnout for the events by SCD Warriors, Sponsors, Caregivers, Healthcare Service Providers, Volunteers, Collaborators, Paramedics and …

Join us for the #RedUmbrellaWalk2019 this Saturday, 15th June, as we walk for Warriors who fight Sickle Cell daily, Caregivers as well as our Fallen Heroes in commemoration of the World Sickle Cell day. Be a partaker in this noble event to create awareness and advocate for people with Sickle …

Naidcare provides a wide range of services to people in need of care, support and respite. Our approach is professional whilst maintaining the dignity and self-respect of our clients. Clients satisfaction is core to everything we do. OUR WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES ARE… * Home Care * Elderly Support * …

Frequent episodes of painful crisis are a major recurring symptom of Sickle Cell Disorder. The main feature is pain of abrupt or gradual onset, with or without a history of what triggers it. The bones are mostly involved, and they become mildly to extremely painful anywhere in the body but …

In general, Disability & Sickle Cell Organization of Nigeria (DISCON) seeks your support, donation, sponsorship & partnership to Beat Back Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) in the country. You can get involved in various ways… 1. DONATE MEDICATION: DISCON distributes Prescriptive/ OTC drugs to SCD warriors at little or no cost …