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People are quick to jump into the band-wagon of NGO for Cancer Awareness, NGO for HIV/AIDS Awareness campaign.
WHY?
I think the answer is not far fetched. Fund Raising. Money. The Global community will give an arm and a leg to fund researches into drugs that will eradicate these terminal illness.
Why?
Because it affects people of colour and races. It affects the King and the lowly peasant.
How Many Sickle Cell NGO's have you heard of, not to talk of seen? Even the Herbal remedies that has been discovered by African Herbal Scientists, how many have gone through their clinical trials?
IT IS TIME TO BREAK THE SILENT ABOUT SICKLE CELL DISEASE.

BREAK THE SILENCE. Am talking to you, the person viewing this thread. That MOD, DOCTOR, LAWYER, BUSINESS MAN, POLITICIAN, PASTOR, REV. FATHER, REV, SISTER, STUDENT, etc.
IT IS TIME TO TALK ABOUT SICKLE CELL DISEASE. We may not be able to completely eradicate it. But we can reduce the number of babies being born with it every year.
It is not fault of the Warriors that they are living with sickle cell disease, rather if there parents had been educated in how genotype paring can bring about un-imaginable PAIN, TRAUMA AND STIGMA on that child. Maybe, they would have reconsidered their choices.
BREAK THE SILENCE.

Hey you AA out there, do you still feel confident that you can never have a SS child?
Ok. Let's say you are truely from such complications and your family is also free from such. What about your bosom friend? What about your neighbour? church member? your colleague in the office? Are you sure they are also free.
Do you really think that there is nothing you can do for people living with SS?
Are you sure it is none of your business?
IT IS TIME TO BREAK THE SILENCE. IT IS TIME TO LEND YOUR VOICE TO THIS AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

How many stories have we heard of people who initially thought they were AA and are free to marry anybody, end up discovering that they and their partner are indeed both AS. In such a situation what will you then suggest?
Divorce?
Adoption?
Or just the good old prayer?
In Jay Z's voice, "HOPING FOR THE BEST BUT EXPECTING THE WORSE"

"**one is confused at how pastors, especially in the South East, South West and South South have become sponsors and financial backers of Boko Haram from Sanusi’s directives."
iz this the new slogan..... how many more will have to go through this route in the name of BH?
Hope it is a fake news as someone already said.

After skimming through the write up above, do we still wonder why Sickle Cell disease is still spoken in hush hush? Why can't African Government (say what you like, sickle cell affects people of African dissent more than any other race or continent) make noise about these dreaded disease?
Must the West do everything for us? You may even think that the so called leaders are immune to such things as Sickle Cell.
Sickle cell disease is not contagious, rather it is an inherited blood disorder.

Recognizing that education, information and communication technologies should play a crucial role in preventing sickle-cell anaemia and that there is an urgent need to create effective research and training programmes in the countries most affected by this disease,

you can visit
worldsicklecellday.m.webs.com/

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