Discover SSHAI’s health programs designed to improve access to quality healthcare, promote disease prevention, strengthen community health, support people living with sickle cell disease, and address health challenges affecting vulnerable populations through education, outreach, and advocacy.
Providing services like basic health talks, consultations and standardized symptom screening for Sickle cell disease and other common health conditions, Opportunities for free Genotype testing, Free blood sugar checks and BP checks, Malaria and HIV testing, Referral and linkage to care with follow-up for specific individuals
Provision of healthcare consultation; mental health support; health education, and follow-up with supportive management of sickle cell-related complications, along with routine SCD drug delivery including haematinics, antimalaria prophylaxis and hydroxyurea
Supportive care provision for selected Outreach beneficiaries with essential drugs, counseling and direct linkage to tertiary health institutions
Practical session on sickle cell disease awareness, including a simplified definition, symptoms, triggers, and the importance of genotype testing prior to procreation with practical and interactive incentivized Q&A sessions.
Community sensitization on Sickle cell disease awareness, Infectious disease prevention and Symptoms of Common Non-communicable diseases for Internally Displaced People, Makurdi, Benue state
By the Research & Development Department, SSHAI
