Award for Specialized Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease Reporting at EJAT 2025
Habari mpya za afya Tanzania · maelezo ya Award for Specialized Excellence in Sickle Cell Disease… · masasisho 2025 · imesasishwa 13 Aug 2026 · habari za afya · hospitali · afya ya umma
Muhtasari
- Photo| Nukta Africa The night of the EJAT Awards remains a moment I will never forget On May 29, 2026, during the EJAT Awards gala held in Dar es Salaam as journalists gathered and waited anxiously as names of winners.
- The article did not earn me an individual nomination during my first participation in the 16th Excellence in Journalism Awards Tanzania (EJAT 2025), but something even more meaningful happened.
- Families carried shame instead of support, and many people believed that a child born with sickle cell disease would never live beyond the age of 18.
- She died from sickle cell disease at a time when the illness was wrapped in fear, myths and silence.
- In many communities, sickle cell disease was seen as a curse rather than a genetic condition.