Sickle Cell: Nigerian professor to deliver free lectures, test in Sierra Leone

As part of efforts to tackle sickle cell anemia in Africa, Nigerian genetics professor, Cyril Oroname Otoikhian, has collaborated with the Prince Harrison Ehimiyen Foundation in Nigeria and Concord Times Communications to take the fight to Sierra Leone.

According to Sierra Leone’s Concord Times, Prof. Otoikhian will hold public lectures on sickle cell anemia and also perform a free test on people living with the genetic in Sierra Leone from the 20th to 25th January, 2020.

Professor Cyril Otoikhian (PhD) is a professor of genetics and animal breeding. The don who lectures at the university at Novena University, Ogume, Nigeria, is also the president and founder of the EO Foundation in Nigeria.

He is an advocate of sickle cell eradication in Africa and human race; a public health researcher with interest in genetic disorders and initiator and facilitator of project stop sickle cell in Africa.

The EO Foundation is based in Edo State in Nigerian with the mission to care for the poverty challenged persons, care for persons living with genetic disorder(s) (Sickle cell anaemia; cystic fibrosis; Down syndrome; colour blindness and others.

The vision of the Foundation is also to care for the needy and see an African world without sickle cell anemia. [Concord Times]