Implementing a standard-of-care clinic for stroke prevention in children with sickle cell disease in Nigeria: a feasible strategy outside a clinical trial setting

• Najibah A. Galadanci,
• Shehu U. Abdullahi,
• Leah D. Vance,
• Musa A. Tabari,
• Shehi Abubakar,
• Raymond Belonwu,
• Auwal Salihu,
• Aisha A. Galadanci,
• Binta W. Jibir,
• Safiya Gambo,
• Salma Suwaid,
• Halima Bello-Manga,
• Kathleen Neville,
• Fenella Kirkham,
• Yu Shyr,
• Sharon Phillips,
• Brittany V. Covert,
• Adetola A. Kassim,
• Edwin Trevathan,
• Lori C. Jordan,
• Muktar H. Aliyu,
• Michael R. DeBaun

Affiliations

Najibah A. Galadanci

Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion; Najibah Aliyu Galadanci, Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, 2 Zaria Rd, Kano, Nigeria

Shehu U. Abdullahi

Department of Pediatrics, Bayero University/Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

Leah D. Vance

Department of Pediatrics, Hasiya Bayero Pediatric Hospital Kano, Nigeria

Musa A. Tabari

Department of Radiology

Shehi Abubakar

Department of Radiology

Raymond Belonwu

Department of Pediatrics, Bayero University/Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

Auwal Salihu

Department of Psychiatry, Bayero University/Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

Aisha A. Galadanci

Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion

Binta W. Jibir

Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

Safiya Gambo

Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

Salma Suwaid

Mohammed Abdullahi Wase Specialist Hospital, Kano, Nigeria

Halima Bello-Manga

Department of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna State University, Kaduna, Nigeria

Kathleen Neville

Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR

Fenella Kirkham

Developmental Neurosciences, UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Yu Shyr

Department of Biostatistics

Sharon Phillips

Department of Biostatistics

Brittany V. Covert

Department of Pediatrics

Adetola A. Kassim

Division of Hematology/Oncology Department of Medicine

Edwin Trevathan

Department of Pediatrics

Lori C. Jordan

Department of Pediatrics

Muktar H. Aliyu

Department of Health Policy, Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN

Michael R. DeBaun

Department of Pediatrics