Journal of Hematology & Thromboembolic Diseases
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Obafemi Awolowo

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• Research Article
  The Health Workers Perspectives in the Management of Sickle Cell Disease in an Urban Health Centre in Ile-Ife, Nigeria
  Author(s): Caroline Okumdi Muoghalu and Obafemi Awolowo Caroline Okumdi Muoghalu and Obafemi Awolowo
  
  Management of sickle cell disease is key to improved quality of life of people living with the disease in Nigeria. This paper examined management strategies utilized by health workers in managing sickle cell patients in Obafemi Awolowo University health centre, in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to explore health workers definition of the disease, the observed symptoms by the health workers, drugs and non-drug strategies employed by these health workers in the management of the patients and the adequacy of health facilities for managing sickle cell patients. With structured in-depth interview schedule, fifteen health workers including nurses and doctors were interviewed. It was indicated that unanimously, health workers defined the disease as an inherited blood disorder which is highly symptomatic with a lot pains all over the body especially in joints and chest and tha.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2329-8790.1000262

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