17 years without our dear brother Richard, we miss him every day. Today May 17 marks his birthday. We continue the fight to make #SickleCell history in his name, and walk with all Warriors. Learn more about his life here: imdb.com/name/nm1458249/bio#… 💜

RT @30_marie12: Happy Birthday to the queen mother Katherine Jackson and her son, the King of Pop

Did you know that Jackson 5 singer Jackie Jackson and his mother, Katherine Jackson, share the same birthday? Yes, they do! Happy 75th birthday, Jackie!!! Happy 96th birthday, Mama Katherine!!!

Asia and Jaafar 💕💕

‘MICHAEL’ has passed $400M worldwide. Read our review: bit.ly/MichaelDF

#MICHAEL will release in SOUTH KOREA on May 13th 2026 🇰🇷 The film will release in JAPAN on June 12th 2026 🇯🇵

Fueling Resilience: How nutrition supports sickle cell health thelagosvoice.com/fueling-re…

This is also a big problem. -The NHS urgently needs more Black donors, especially for the Ro blood subtype critical for sickle cell patients. But current malaria screening rules are quietly locking out thousands of eligible Black African donors (including possibly this guy). -Grew up in Nigeria or Ghana? You'll face a malaria antibody test before donating. Test positive(which most will, for potentially decades after leaving their home countries) land you're deferred. Yet that positive result almost certainly reflects old immune memory, not active infection or any REAL risk. -The policy doesn't distinguish between someone who arrived from Lagos last month and someone who left 20 years ago as a child and never returned. Both will get deferred. That's a blunt instrument that disproportionately hits exactly the donor communities the NHS needs most. –What we need is not impossible if they truly care about the groups affected are: Quantitative antibody levels rather than binary positive/negative results, formal weighting for time since leaving endemic areas, PCR testing for actual parasites rather than using antibodies as a proxy, and above ALL a long overdue evidence-based policy review. Sickle cell patients, overwhelmingly Black,nare running short of the specific blood they need. The policy review can't keep being delayed.

Bungoma records rising hypertension, diabetes and sickle cell cases, prompting urgent calls for screening, awareness and preventive healthcare. theweeklyvisionews.net/conce…

I had the honour of attending the 40th Health Week of the University of Nigeria Medical Students Association, organized by the Public Health Programmes Committee, on Thursday, 30th April, 2026. With the theme, “Beyond the Crisis: Redefining Life and Excellence with Sickle Cell,”

From Passion to Impact: Sickle Cell NGO, SAMI Rallies Nigerians to Donate to #1kforSickle Campaign ...Celebrates Volunteers at 2026 Retreat SAMI encouraged Nigerians to give a minimum of ₦1,000 to support the organization’s effort. @SAMIupdate Visit: Daily Standard NG

The 2026 SCDAA National Abstract Competition is open! 🙌 Calling all researchers, community-based organizations, physicians, nurses, social workers & beyond! Your sickle cell research could be presented at the SCDAA Annual National Convention in October ➡️ buff.ly/hXEqIZQ

Excited Nigerian ladies return home from a Sunday service after being filled with God's Word, c.1960s. The Independence Building and the Holy Cross Cathedral Church, in Lagos, are in the background. #HistoryVille

In memory of those who chose the sea.. —The "Igbo Landing" story — In an act of mass resistance against slavery, a group of slaves revolted, took control of the slave ship grounded it on an island & rather than submit to slavery, proceeded to march into water & drown. THREAD!

Happy 96th Birthday to Katherine Jackson 🎂

“I miss Mike. I miss Prince. I mean, these are my brothers. I worked with both of them. Both beautiful, beautiful people.” —Spike Lee in a new interview.

Film of the day - Chaplin (1992) Excellent bio-pic produced and directed by Richard Attenborough starring Robert Downey Jr, Marisa Tomei, Dan Aykroyd, Penrlope Ann Miller, Kevin Kline, Anthony Hopkins, Paul Rhys, John Thaw and Moira Kelly on Sky Arts Channel 9.00pm tonight.

Descubre el origen de un rey. #MICHAEL ¡Ya en cines!

remembering and celebrating the unforgettable audrey hepburn on her birthday (may 4th, 1929) 💗✨

Happy birthday to James Brown, born on this day in 1933!