Centre of Excellence for
Sickle Cell Disease Research
and Training University of
Abuja

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Sickle cell disease clinical phenotypes in Nigeria: A preliminary analysis of the Sickle Pan Africa Research Consortium Nigeria database

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a monogenic disease with multiple phenotypic expressions. Previous studies describing SCD clinical phenotypes in Nigeria were localized, with limited data, hence the need to understand how SCD varies across Nigeria.

HemoTypeSC a low-cost point-of-care testing device for sickle cell disease: Promises and Challenge. 2019. Blood Cells, Molecules and Diseases.

Date accessed: 15th September 2019

Child mortality from sickle cell disease in Nigeria: a model-estimated, population-level analysis of data from the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey.

The Lancet Haematology. 2021 Oct 1;8(10):e723-31.

Skills capacity building for health care services and research through the Sickle Pan African Research Consortium. Frontiers in Genetics. 2022 Jun 15:1484.

Nnodu OE, Akoto-Osie A, Nembaware V, Kent J, Nwegbu M, Minja I, Mazandu GK, Makani J, Wonkam A.

Implementing newborn screening for sickle cell disease as part of immunisation programmes in Nigeria: a feasibility study.

Obiageli E Nnodu, Alayo Sopekan, Uche Nnebe-Agumadu, Chinatu Ohiaeri, Adeyemi Adeniran, Grace Shedul, Hezekiah A Isa, Olumide Owolabi, Reuben I Chianumba, Yohanna Tanko, Juliet H Iyobosa, Adekunle D Adekile, Olufunmilayo I Olapade, Frédéric B Piel.

The Lancet Haematology. 2020 Feb 1;7(2):e98-9.

Makani J, Sangeda RZ, Nnodu O, Nembaware V, Osei-Akoto A, Paintsil V, Balandya E, Kent J, Luzzatto L, Ofori-Acquah S, Olopade OI. SickleInAfrica.

Sickle cell disease and H3Africa: enhancing genomic research on cardiovascular diseases in African patients. Cardiovascular journal of Africa. 2015 Mar;26(2 H3Africa Suppl):S50.

Wonkam A, Makani J, Ofori-Aquah S, Nnodu OE, Treadwell M, Royal C, Ohene-Frempong K.

Establishing a database for sickle cell disease patient mapping and survival tracking: The sickle pan-african research consortium Nigeria example.

Nnodu O, Madu A, Chianumba R, Isa HA, Olanrewaju I, Osagie S, Oyekanmi N, Sangeda RZ, Stewart A, Nembaware V, Morrice J, Jonas M, Mazandu G, Wonkam A and Owolabi O (2022).

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