In Nigeria, 1-in-4 people are healthy carriers of the sickle cell gene and over 150,000 children are born annually with symptomatic sickle cell anaemia.
“Sickle cell is not a disease, its a disorder,” says one woman
Battabox presenter Odunayo and some fellow Nigerians joined the rest of the world to commemorate the 2016 World Sickle Cell Day on June 11th 2016 as designated by the United Nations, to draw attention and create necessary awareness to the problems posed by sickle cell disorder.
“It’s to create awareness and show people what can be done,” says one woman participating in the charity walk
“Sickle cell is a terrible sickness that you have to take care of and avoid,” replies another man
While talking to some people living with sickle cell during the walk, Odunayo asked them how they have coped living with the disorder and how to prevent a meltdown.
“If you know what triggers your disease, you can curb it,” says one lady living with sickle cell
Some of the participants of the walk were professionals, celebrities, friends of people with SCD and SCD warriors, to bring awareness to a cause that the UN has tagged a public health problem.
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and AIDS
and Corruption
and ISIS
actually what I stated is more dangerous in your country then sickle cell
anemia…because of stigma.
Odunayo! Kayode! Christian! Battabox!!!!…. in fact I cannot thank you
guys enough for honoring the invitation to walk with us. It was an awesome
day for the campaign and felt good to see it happen, and moreso for others
who weren’t privileged to be part of this year’s to still get to see what a
great day it was. I appreciate you and what you’re doing/stand for. More
grease to your engine, ile ishe yin koni jona o ?
Looking fwd to more collaboration.
#iamnotmyscd
Thanks for the awareness, BattaBox
Sexy presenter. She should enter Miss Universe for her country.
I think that awareness about Sickle Cell is great.It is so important that
we educate ourselves about these issues and not stigmatized or outcast
individuals. You are not your disorder or your disease. It may be something
you have, but it is not who you are. By the way battabox, do you have
people reporting in the United States? How would one get more information
if they wanted to be a part of battabox in the states?
What’s sickle cell?
God bless them all