{
  "id": 10825021,
  "title": "Nigeria should drive home-grown sickle cell solutions – Foundation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/nigeria-should-drive-home-grown-sickle-cell-solutions-foundation-10825021",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T01:34:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/nigeria-should-drive-home-grown-sickle-cell-solutions-foundation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria has urged the country to take a leading role in developing and implementing home-grown solutions to the challenges of sickle cell disease. CEO Dr Annette Akinsete made the call during the launch of OneSCD, a global partnership aimed at advancing equity and transforming sickle cell care at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. With over 40 million Nigerians being healthy carriers of the sickle cell gene, the foundation believes Nigeria's experience, institutions, and expertise can shape the global response to the disease.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Nigeria should drive home-grown sickle cell solutions – Foundation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/nigeria-should-drive-home-grown-sickle-cell-solutions-foundation",
        "published": "2026-09-30T01:26:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}