SICKLE CELL FOUNDATION NIGERIA
Presents
Virtual Panel Discussion 2026
THEME: "Beyond Survival: Thriving with Sickle Cell"
DATE: June 30, 2026
About this event
A virtual panel discussion to amplify the voices of sickle cell warriors and explore collaborative strategies to change the narrative around sickle cell disorder in Nigeria.
This year's panel discussion will focus on the following:
- Amplify the voices and lived experiences of persons living with sickle cell disorder globally
- Shift public discourse from mere survival toward wellbeing, productivity, purpose, and quality of life.
- Address psychosocial, educational, professional, relational, and mental health dimensions of living with SCD.
Featured Speakers & Panellists
Meet our panellists
Chief Tunde J. Afolabi, MFR
Chairman, Board Of Trustees, Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria.
CHIEF HOST
Dr. Annette Akinsete MBBS, DTM&H, MPH, FMCPH, Dipl Broadcasting
CEO/National Director, Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria.
HOST
Ms. Wunmi Bakare
Keynote Speaker
(Advocate for Sickle Cell Awareness and Patient Empowerment; Public Speaker; Nigeria)
Ms. Zainab Garba-Sani
Keynote Speaker
(Health Researcher & Health Policy Expert; UK/USA)
Dr. Titilope Fasipe
Moderator
Professor of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine and is the Co-Director of the Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Program at the Texas Children’s Hospital, USA
Bukola Bolarinwa
Panellist
(Founder, Haima Health Initiative; Sickle Cell Advocate; UK)
Iggie Aikhomu
Panellist
(Public Health Nutritionist; UK)
Dr. Michale Matthew
Panellist
(Physician, SCD expert; Nigeria)
Oluwafemi Ajayi
Panellist
(Global SCD Advocate, Public Speaker)
Zakareya Ebrahim Alkadhem
Panellist
(Secretary-General of the Bahrain Society for Sickle Cell Disease Patient Care; Bahrain)
Olamilekan Agbeleshe known professionally as Laycon
Panellist
(Nigerian rapper, singer, songwriter and media personality)
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Our Partners
Contact Us
Get in touch with Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria
Address
Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria
Idi-Araba Surulere, Lagos State
Nigeria
Phone
+234806 969 2327
+234803 584 6666
info@sicklecellfoundation.com