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WHO Pushes Wider Newborn Screening Healthcare workers conduct newborn screening at a maternity facility.

Healthcare workers conduct newborn screening at a maternity facility.

WHO Pushes Wider Newborn Screening

Oluwatobi Adu June 23, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has called on countries to urgently expand newborn screening programmes,...

Early Screening Can Save Sickle Cell Children – Experts Warn Health workers conducting sickle cell screening for newborns in Nigeria

Health workers conducting sickle cell screening for newborns in Nigeria

Early Screening Can Save Sickle Cell Children – Experts Warn

Oluwatobi Adu February 13, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s persistently high under-five deaths linked to sickle cell disease stem largely from the...