… The objective of this study was to examine the prevalence patterns of SCD, including other
… (0.98%) among prospective premarital couples in Southeastern Nigeria [26], but lower than …

… , premarital education and screening of couples are needed. … of newborn screening for sickle
cell disease in the centre, the … The epidemiology of sickle cell disease in children recruited …

… prevalence of 2-3% Sickle cell disease is a disease of public … in south-eastern Nigeria may
be attributed to premarital genetic … sickle cell disease and counselling for intending couples to …

… couple and 71.9% misidentified the proportion of Nigerians … of pre-marital screening is
obviated by some couples who still … sickle cell disease and trait among adolescents in Southeast …

… genetic counseling is voluntary; however, premarital genotype screening has been shown
… couples the opportunity to make informed decisions to prevent the birth of sickle cell disease …

… , as well as the utility of screening procedures such as premarital … couples had other
sickle cell traits or homozygous sickle cell … (14) in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria. A new-born …

… children in South-Eastern Nigeria gave a prevalence of 5% … aware of premarital screening
for sickle cell anaemia. This … screening among intending couples in Nigeria. Furthermore, …

… group, Rhesus factor, sickle cell disease, and the distribution of … expressions expressed by
three pairs of tightly connected allelic … of premarital screening of sickle cell disease among …

… -speaking ethnic group in Southwestern Nigeria. It has 30 … who engaged in faith healing for
managing sickle cell anaemia… the need for the intending couples with sickle cell traits (AS) not …

… The reason for this is unclear, but may perhaps have to do with higher rates of premarital
screening. One study in southern suggested that a very low percentage of the couples (2.8%) …