Speakers Dr. Osagie Ehanire Nigeria Honorable Minister of Health, Nigeria Lanre Tunji-Ajayi, BSC H.I.D H.I.S. United States Founder, Sickle Cell Awareness Group of Ontario Dr. Stephen Boateng United States Director of Research and Engagement Services, Sickle Cell 101 Anne Welsh United Kingdom Founder & President of Arise Consult; Author, Pain-Less C. Randal Mills, Ph.D. United States Chief Executive Officer – The National Marrow Donor Program / Be The Match; Executive Director – Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR) Adam Thompson United States Executive Director & Co-Founder, eHealth Africa Vivian Nwakah Nigeria Founder, Medsaf Dr. Bodunrin Osikomaiya Nigeria Consultant Haematologist and Blood Transfusion Specialist; Ag Executive Secretary Lagos State Blood Transfusion service Prof. Jean-Marie Dangou WHO Africa Coordinator of NCD Primary Preventi on (NPP), NCD Integrated Management, WHO Africa Dr. Dayo Ajibade Nigeria Executive Director, Brain and Body Foundation (BBF) Prof. Bazuaye Nosakhare Nigeria Consultant Haematologist at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital; and Professor at the University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria Dr. Alayo Sopekan Nigeria Assistant Director & National Desk Officer for Sickle Cell Disease, Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria Dr. Pradeep Mahajan India Chairman and Managing Director, StemRx Bioscience Solutions Dr. Evelyn Ngige Nigeria Director of Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria Dr. Satyendra Katewa India Head, Dept. of Paediatric Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Manipal Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan Oluwatoyin Adesola Nigeria Health Coach & Author; Founder and Executive Director, Sickle Cell Advocacy and Management Initiative (SAMI) Dr. Enam Bankas Ghana Founder, Sickle Life Ghana; Medical Officer, Department of Haematology, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Samuel Mbunya Kenya Program Administrator, AMPATH / MOI Teaching & Referral Hospital, Kenya Samira Sanusi Nigeria Author; Founder & President Samira Sanusi Sickle Cell Foundation
C. Randal Mills, Ph.D. United States Chief Executive Officer – The National Marrow Donor Program / Be The Match; Executive Director – Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research (CIBMTR)
Dr. Bodunrin Osikomaiya Nigeria Consultant Haematologist and Blood Transfusion Specialist; Ag Executive Secretary Lagos State Blood Transfusion service
Prof. Jean-Marie Dangou WHO Africa Coordinator of NCD Primary Preventi on (NPP), NCD Integrated Management, WHO Africa
Prof. Bazuaye Nosakhare Nigeria Consultant Haematologist at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital; and Professor at the University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria
Dr. Alayo Sopekan Nigeria Assistant Director & National Desk Officer for Sickle Cell Disease, Federal Ministry of Health Nigeria
Dr. Satyendra Katewa India Head, Dept. of Paediatric Hematology Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Manipal Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Oluwatoyin Adesola Nigeria Health Coach & Author; Founder and Executive Director, Sickle Cell Advocacy and Management Initiative (SAMI)
Dr. Enam Bankas Ghana Founder, Sickle Life Ghana; Medical Officer, Department of Haematology, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital