5th World Congress on Sickle Cell Disease, Broadcast recorded on the sidelines of the fifth congress, Abuja, Nigeria
Thu, Jun 05
|Nigeria
Priorité Santé shines a spotlight on the initiatives and programs implemented in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After Nigeria, the DRC is the second most affected country by genetic hemoglobin disorders on the African continent.
Time & Location
Jun 05, 2025, 7:30 AM – 8:20 AM
Nigeria, Nigeria
About the event
Since 2012, the Pierre Fabre Foundation has been working with healthcare professionals, civil society, and local authorities involved in the fight against sickle cell disease to improve screening and patient care. We are giving these various stakeholders a voice to assess the progress made and the challenges that remain in improving the living conditions of people with sickle cell disease, particularly children, in the DRC.
This program is produced with the support of the Pierre Fabre Foundation.
Nancy Madingo , nurse with the PAFOVED/CEFA-MONKOLE program and at the IRB-one health research center dedicated to sickle cell disease
Professor Léon Tshilolo , pediatric hematologist, former medical director of the Monkole Hospital Center in Kinshasa , director of the 1-Health Biomedical Research Institute , affiliated with CEFA-Monkole, president of REDAC (Central African Sickle Cell Disease Study Network) , and Co-Chair of the Sickle In Africa Consortium and Co-Chair of the 5th Global…