Open AccessSickle cell disease prevention: How prepared are the senior secondary school students in Surulere Local Government Area, Lagos, Nigeria?
Author(s) -
Oluchi Joan Kanma-Okafor,
Adetola O. Abolarinwa,
Omobola Y. Ojo,
Ekanem E. Ekanem
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
african journal of primary health care and family medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-2936
pISSN - 2071-2928
DOI - 10.4102/phcfm.v14i1.3260
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , pediatrics , family medicine , demography , sociology
Sickle cell disease (SCD), a common hereditary disease, can be prevented by preparing young people ahead of the conception of an affected foetus.