Beating non-communicable diseases to safeguard African child

By Vivian Ihechu, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Emeka Ahanonu and Ugo Alilionwu are from the same family. Following frequent hospital admissions in early childhood, they were later diagnosed with sickle cell disease. Their family, living in a village in the eastern part of Nigeria, did as much as they could to manage their condition.

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