SICKLE CELL FOUNDATION NIGERIA
Presents
Virtual Townhall Meeting 2026
THEME: "Beyond Survival: Thriving with Sickle Cell"
DATE: June 30, 2026
About this event
A virtual townhall meeting 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 townhall will focus on:
- 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 & Panelists
Meet our expert panel
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 Fadipe
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
Panelist
(Founder, Haima Health Initiative; Sickle Cell Advocate; UK)
Mr. Funso Sobande
Panelist
(Finance Expert & Member, Board of Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria; Nigeria)
Iggie Aikhomu
Panelist
(Public Health Nutritionist; UK)
Dr. Michelle Matthews
Panelist
(Physician, SCD expert; Nigeria)
Oluwafemi Ajayi
Panelist
(Global SCD Advocate, Public Speaker)
Zakareya Ebrahim Alkadhem
Panelist
(Secretary-General of the Bahrain Society for Sickle Cell Disease Patient Care; Bahrain)
Olamilekan Massoud Al-Khalifah known professionally as Laycon
Panelist
(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