Sickle Cell Disease Eradication Initiative (SCDEI) is a registered humanitarian Community Based Organisation, that is committed to eradicating Sickle Cell Disease through creating awareness and providing support to sickle cell warriors.
Raising awareness through health education on Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) within the community, pre-marital counselling and testing for Sickle Cell Diseases (SCD) using HB Genotype or any other recommended test for SCD. We also promote early screening for the new-born babies and other eradication strategies.
Patient care support through peer education, counseling, SCD support groups, special blood bank, and transfusion services for SCD patients. Strengthening the capacity of healthcare providers on effective management and follow-up of SCD patients. Advocacy for holistic management of SCD Patients.
Livelihoods improvement through vocational skills, financial literacy, entrepreneurship training, educational scholarships and grants. These strategies will help empower the sickle cell disease patients, their families, caregivers and other community members, for self-sustenance, community development and healthy living.
At Sickle Cell Diseases Eradication Initiative Nigeria, we believe that research and development are crucial to controlling and ultimately eradicating sickle cell disease. Our R&D efforts focus on awareness raising, patients care support and livelihood strategies.
We recognize that volunteers play a vital role within our organization and that their contribution enables us to deliver our services effectively and efficiently. We need people from all walks of life and all communities, who can bring their different skills and experiences to our work.
The manner in which we relate to, and cooperate with, locally based and international partner organisations is crucial to our own purpose of educating and supporting people towards eradicating Sickle Cell disease in our society. We therefore call upon strategic partners for collaborations.
People like you enable SCDEI to educate, campaign, support, research and lobby for sustainable policies and strategies towards the eradication of sickle cell disease. With your help we will raise awareness and support the people affected by sickle cell disease.
Sickle Cell Disease Eradication Initiative inaugurated its community volunteer focal persons on Wednesday 22nd September, 2021
A high level engagement meeting was held at the office of Executive Secretary, Primary Healthcare Management Board Yobe-State.
The World Sickle Cell Awareness Day is celebrated on June 19th of each year to raise the public awareness about the sickle cell disease and its management.
SCDEI team paid a courtesy visit to the Ministry of Information, Home Affairs and Culture to solicit for livelihood support initiatives.
SCDEI officials paid advocacy visit to Yobe State Program manage Saving One Million Lives for Dr. Babagana Abba at his office in Damaturu.
Sickle Cell Disease Eradication Initiative introduced a holistic Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) Eradication strategy.