Nigeria, June 12 -- Ahead of the 2021 World Sickle Cell Awareness Day, a 55-year-old survivor, Shehu Mohammed, has pledged to enroll 100 indigent Sickle Cell patients on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

This is as Mr Mohammed is set to launch a book on his travails, and survival strategies, which he noted will guide many Nigerians and non-Nigerian in his shoe on how to navigate the murky water of the disease.

"This will allow this vulnerable set of people to have access to healthcare for their precarious health condition," he said of the NHIS enrollment plan.

The book

According to the author, the book, which is titled; "I'm a Survivor: The Story of my Triumph over Sickle Cell Pain," gives detailed information on the manage...