BMT GHANA and sickle cell foundation clinic

06/10/2021

More controversy keeps coming up regarding government’s procurement of Russia’s Sputnik V for Covid-19 vaccination in the country.

More controversy has erupted surrounding government’s procurement of Russia’s Sputnik V for Covid-19 vaccination in the country.

06/10/2021

Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Justice Yankson, has called on government to address delays in reimbursement for services rendered by health facilities under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

Deputy General Secretary of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr Justice Yankson, has called on government to address delays in reimbursement for services rendered by health facilities under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Dr Yankson was one of the discussants on Joy FM’s Super Mor...

05/31/2021

Medical Laboratory scientists at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on Monday defied a court order that directed them to call off a strike action and return to work.

Medical Laboratory scientists at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) on Monday defied a court order that directed them to call off a strike action and return to work. In the last few weeks, they have demanded the withdrawal of two medical doctors posted to the laboratory by management. On Frid...

10/21/2019

Sickle Cell hits close to home for me. My nephew has the trait. My goddaughter has the disease and is frequently in crisis. Several other family members and friends are also fighting this illness.

One of the most common issues they all deal with is treatment by healthcare professionals — particularly nurses — when they seek treatment for this disease. It’s shameful, but often their symptoms often cause them to be mistaken for:

Opioid seekers
Drug abusers
Liars
Over exaggerators

Patients with Sickle Cell Disease are frequently misdiagnosed and sometimes ignored, even by nurses. Here's how nurses and health care professionals can better treat patients with Sickle Cell Disease.

10/21/2019

What does it take to play rugby league whilst battling sickle cell disease?
Ade Adebisi suffers from a genetic blood disorder that affects over 300,000 people in Africa. He is the only known rugby player to ever play professionally with the condition.

After a tough yet promising career in rugby league, Ade Adebisi is now an ambassador for the sickle cell society and is the founder of the Ade Adebisi sickle cell foundation. The former Nigerian winger is also the Vice President of his countries governing body for rugby.

He explains all his trials and tribulations with us on Sportshour.

Ade Adebisi reveals how he managed to juggle both rugby league and sickle cell disease

02/17/2019

We can do better than this. Watch this heartbreaking video in the link below...😥😥🤔

This short video is an except from JoyNews' award-winning documentary by Seth Kwame Boateng titled "Pain from Cursed Cells" With razor blades and other sharp edges they torture little children by cutting into their skins ostensibly to cure them of Sickle Cell Disease. Some of these unfortunate child...

02/11/2019

Horror

This short video is an except from JoyNews' award-winning documentary by Seth Kwame Boateng titled "Pain from Cursed Cells" Little children are tortured using razor blades and other sharp edges to cut into their skins ostensibly to cure them of Sickle Cell Disease. We have a long way to go to debunk...

12/14/2018

OUR SERVICES

Bone Marrow Transplantation Ghana & Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation provide a cure for sickle cell anemia and other blood disorbers by bone marrow transplantation (BMT) from a compatible donor, at an affordable price compared to global BMT standards, with comparative advantage.

Provision of Free medication, Free medical advice, Free HLA typing for SCD patients and their families. We also aim to providing Free newborn screening tests across the nation.

Bone Marrow transplantation Ghana (BMTG) is key to delivering tomorrow's treatments and cures today. We strive therefore to deliver a high quality, comprehensive and patient-focused attenrion to all our patients throughout their care.

Conditions and treatments (What we treat)

Sickle cell anemia
Aplastic anemia
Thalassemia and other blood disorders
Acute & Chronic Leukemias:

Lymphoma
Myeloma
Acute leukemia
Myelodysplasia
Bone marrow failure
Myeloproliferative disorders.

First thing to do is to book a consultation with one of our patient care co-ordinators to discuss what results you wish to achieve. They will be able to talk you through the process for you to know exactly what you can expect. Consultations are free of charge.

12/14/2018

What is it that we believe in?

Mission

To offer prevention, early diagnosis, treatment and cure for SCDs and other transplantable disorders, especially in underprivileged communities, reducing financial burden of sickle cell anemia and pediatric cancers on families, empowering local professionals, and fostering global advances in biomedical sciences. We also seek to improve the health status of patients living in Ghana and in neighbouring countries, by promotion of basic health services and Free medical advice, provision of Free medication, Free HLA typing for SCD patients and their families, and Free newborn screening tests across the nation.

Vision

To develop BMT Centers in Ghana to meet international and global standards. The first BMT Unit at Ridge Regional Hospital Accra, Ghana, offering transplantation on a non-profit and sustainable basis, will also focus on SCD prevention, counseling and family support. This center would enhance training of a workforce to meet Ghana's needs in biomedical and clinical research, aiming at improved outcomes and quality of life, at international competitiveness, where all BMTs will be reported to international registries (CIBMTR) for outcome reporting and comparison to global standards.

Objectives

We are dedicated to performing as many BMTs as possible per year at an affordable price, helping your children and ours lead lives free from SCDs and free from blood transfusions.

Outcomes will be comparable to international standards but at substantially lower costs, e.g. for matched sibling SCD BMT not more than 15.000 USD, but certainly with over 90% cure rates. Other disorders curable by transplantation such as aplastic anemias and high-risk leukemias will also be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Strategy

Aiming at high standards of medical care; judicious use of resources; accountability; openess and continuing quality improvement; expansion across all regions in Ghana within 5 to 10 years; bring about intervention programmes & supportive care; launch BMT progrmmes accross the nation and in neigbouring countries; reduce the price of BMT for patients who cannot by any means afford it; choose the right protocols; involve national and international associations and other constituencies sensitive to the vision of the project.

BMTG is also open to engaging local institutions and health-providers interested in collaborating and referring patients, as well as promoting research, international partnerships and visibility in peer-reviewed scientific media.

The Foundation is also seeking to formulate strategies and programmes to tackle and address the health related problems of patients, in collaboration with other related sectors and agencies of health programmes and health related activities in Ghana.