… 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 …

… HbC trait that is largely confined to the Yoru people of southwestern Nigeria [17]. A sim …
management of sickle cell disease. Therefore, it is pertinent that a pre-marital counselling clinic …

… , 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 …

… (Hb-S) status may help reduce the prevalence of sickle cell anaemia [7,15,16,]. … offering
counseling to intending couples of high-risk marriages [36,37]. Premarital counseling has been …

… Due to the high prevalence of sickle cell trait at 23.7%, the … Premarital counseling is important
for persons with sickle … is another option for couples that are carriers of sickle cell. This …

… reducing the multiplication and prevalence of sickle cell disease as the knowledge acquired
… If one or both couples know the types of haemoglobin they have, they will know the different …

… , 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 …