Surviving Sickle Cell (2019-2021)

Captures the impact of sickle cell disease on families in Nigeria and scientific efforts made to prevent and combat this genetic disease.

Photographs by KC Nwakalor

Story by John Eligon

Location: Kano, Nigeria

Client: The New York Times

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/21/health/sickle-cell-nigeria.html

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Surviving Sickle Cell (2019-2021)Captures the impact of sickle cell disease on families in Nigeria and scientific efforts made to prevent and combat this genetic disease.Photographs by KC NwakalorStory by John EligonLocation: Kano,...

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Family of Mariya Muhammad, 45 and husband, Haruna Ali, 48, at their home in Dorayi, Kano, Nigeria. 07/27/19. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times.
Mariya Muhammad, 47 and her daughter, Sadiya, 11 gets attended to by Binta Muhammed, a nurse at sickle cell unit of Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital Kano, Nigeria on 11/25/21. Photo by KC Nwakalor for The New York Times
Parents and their children (Sickle cell patients) wait in front of Sickle cell counselling unit at Murtala Muhammed Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. 07/25/19. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times.
Mariya Muhammad, 45, holds out a photograph of two of her daughters, one of which ( younger one) died years back as a result of complications from Sickle Cell disease. 07/27/19. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times
Haruna Shaaban, a paediatric nurse at the sickle cell clinic engages sickle cell patients in stroke detection exercises. Sickle cell patients are at risk of suffering stroke. 07/26/19. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times
Hadiza Danisa, 56, head matron at the Sickle cell counselling unit of Murtala Muhammed Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. 07/25/19. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times.
Dr Michael DeBaun observes a 13 years old sickle cell patient at Sickle cell counselling unit at Murtala Muhammed Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. He was said to have congenital Kyphoscoliosis, a deformity of the spine, a disease reported to be independent of Si
Murjanatu Abdullahi, 35, a research nurse at Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital prepares to carry out Transcranial doppler procedure on Ummasalma Jamilu, 11, a sickle cell patient that showed early signs of stroke. 07/26/19. KC Nwakalor for The New York
Parents and their children (Sickle cell patients) wait in front of Sickle cell counselling unit at Murtala Muhammed Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. 07/25/19. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times.
Sadiya, a sickle cell patient at her home in Dorayi, Kano, Nigeria on 11/26/21. Photo by KC Nwakalor for The New York Times
Sadiya gets her scarf done by her elder sister at their home in Dorayi, Kano, Nigeria on 11/26/21. Photo by KC Nwakalor for The New York Times
Mariya Muhammad, 47, massages Sadiya’s legs with a balm at their home in Dorayi, Kano, Nigeria on 11/25/21. Photo by KC Nwakalor for The New York Times
Sadiya Haruna, 9, a sickle cell patient at their home in Dorayi, Kano, Nigeria. 07/27/19. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times
Family of Mariya Muhammad, 45 and husband, Haruna Ali, 48, at their home in Dorayi, Kano, Nigeria. 07/27/19. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times.
A young girl walks through a street in Kurna, Kano, Nigeria. 07/27/19. KC Nwakalor for The New York Times.
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