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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Mortality Is Preventable Through Evidence-Based Interventions and Other Measures - Professor Obiageli Nnodu MediaageNG Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is the inheritance of at least one abnormal gene for sickle haemoglobin from each parent. Major sickle genotypes include sickle cell anaemia which is homozygous sickle haemoglobin i.e HbSS and the most common form. Other types include heterozygous forms with HbS and another abnormal haemoglobin such Haemoglobin C (HbSC) or Hb Hereditary persistence of faetal globin (HbS/HbHPFH). These usually clinical less severe phenotypes. Can this disease be avoided?According to Professor Obiageli Nnodu, Director, Centre of Excellence for SCD, Research and Training, University of Abuja, SCD could be prevented if carriers of the sickle haemoglobin refrain from marrying each other. The awareness prior to when an individual gets married is important to the prevention of SCD. The severity of SCD can be reduced through the application of evidence-based interventions. In this interview Professor Nnodu had with Mediaage, she shed more light on major things the society needs to know of SCD. Excerpts:

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Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Mortality Is Preventable Through Evidence-Based Interventions and Other Measures – Professor Obiageli Nnodu

Mediaage Magazine (August - September Edition) MediaageNG Provision of housing is key and a crucial sector, as compared to other industries that make a striving or booming economy. Buildings define the beauty, quality of an environment and tell the true nature of the living state of the inhabitants, a true indicator of their capacity for planning, health, among others. Housing is therefore, the best indicator of social and economic progress globally.

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The Power Of Women And Youth In Peace Building Processes - Barr. Rebecca Sako-John MediaageNG At the Northwest Regional Conference On Women, Peace and Security Issues, held in April 2024, in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, advocations were made for the participation of more women in sustaining peace and conflict resolution in northwestern Nigeria. It was also said at the conference that one of the measures to curb insecurity in the Northwest region of the country is to get communities to begin to take ownership of their own security and build their capacities. Most Nigerian northern states have been engulfed in several insecurity issues, disrupting daily activities of residents. At the event themed "Promoting Best Practices For Inclusive Security and Peacebuilding Processes in Northwest Nigeria", Mediaage Magazine spoke to one of the panelists, Barr. Sako-John who spoke on the peace building processes carried out by Kaduna State, some other northern states in the country and international development agencies in the country. Excerpts.

The Power Of Women And Youth In Peace Building Processes – Barr. Rebecca Sako-John

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