Baba Inusa, Kanayo Nwankwo, Nkechikwu Azinge-Egbiri

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Sickle Cell Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa

Public Health Perspectives

Beschreibung

This fascinating collection examines the socio-economic factors that impact the well-being of patients with Sickle-Cell Disease (SCD) in sub-Saharan Africa, and the critical importance of patient advocacy in the region.

Autor

Baba Inusa, MBBS (ABU 1984), FMCPaed (Nigeria, 1992), FRCPCH (UK, 1997), is Professor of paediatric haematology, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust. Kanayo Nwankwo, MD, is the Chief Resident and a lifespan sickle cell advocate, currently serving at Brookdale University Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. Nkechikwu Azinge-Egbiri, LLB (Hons), BL, LLM, PhD (Warwick), is a Lecturer at the School of Law, Lancaster University and Founder of the Sickle Cell Aid Foundation (SCAF), a youth-led NGO she established to raise awareness of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) and support those living with it. Bukola Bolarinwa is a qualified legal practitioner with an LLM in International Economic Law from the University of Warwick and LLB from the University of Leicester.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781032729411
• ISBN-10: 1032729414
• Artikelnr.: 70146927