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An indigenous crowd funding platform, Quickraiz, has said it is partnering Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria to ameliorate the sickle cell killer diseases in the country, so as to actualize the objective of a robust innovative technological intervention that creates economic development and reduce the menace of the disease the Nigeria.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ativo Ltd, owners of Quickraiz, Mr. Bayo Adeokun, while addressing newsmen in Lagos, said he chose to partner the Sickle cell Foundation Nigeria because of its antecedent and being a credible organization that epitomises the kind of Non–Government organization (NGO) which aims at tackling the killer diseases among the younger generations.
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He added that the Sickle-Cell Disease (SCD) was a group of blood disorders typically inherited from the parents, noting that the most common type was known as Sickle-Cell Anaemia (SCA), which resulted in an abnormally in the oxygen-carrying protein hemoglobin (hemoglobin S) found in red blood cells.
He said problems in sickle cell disease typically begin around 5 to 6 months of age and a number of health problem may develop, such as attacks of pain (sickle cell crisis), anaemia, swelling in the hands and feet, bacterial infection, and stroke, noting that its partnership was geared towards improving the wellbeing of persons living with Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD).
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