Abuja — As part of efforts to tackle sickle cell disease contributing to approximately 376,000 under-5 deaths in Nigeria annually, the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals has donated a fully equipped, state-of-the-art Sickle Cell Care Centre to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital .
"This will not only transform our total healthcare landscape but will also add to the number of childcare facilities that already exist in our state health institutions. It will raise the capacity of the state's medical services and, very importantly, contribute to improving the state's infant and maternal mortality index," he said.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, described the project as part of the efforts to deliver on the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's administration.