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Sickle Cell warriors urge the government to include them in policies, plans

Sickle Cell warrior David Saenyi speaks during the launch of the Sickle Cell Afya Dhabiti project at Mbagathi Hospital, Nairobi. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

People living with Sickle Cell Disease are pleading with the government to involve them in the policy-making process as they are the ones who know what they go through.

David Saenyi, a sickle cell warrior, urged the Ministry of Health to also include them in the planning of Sickle Cell programmes.

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