Medical
personnel under the aegis of Sickle Cell Hope Alive Foundation have
called for increased awareness on sickle cell disorder in the country in
order to reduce the spread.
The group made the call in Ibadan, Oyo
State, on Wednesday during the 2013 World Sickle Cell Day with the theme
‘Awareness as a tool for the prevention and control of sickle cell
disease’.
Former Chairman, Nigeria Medical
Association in Oyo State, Prof. Millicent Obajinmi, said citizens should
be properly educated on the need to do genotype test, stressing that
many living with the disease were ignorant of it.