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The Guardian - UK
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Promise Eze in Lagos

‘A single cut brings excruciating pain’: haemophilia patients struggle to access care in Nigeria

A demonstration to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by people with haemophilia by supporters of the Haemophilia Foundation of Nigeria.
A demonstration to raise awareness of the difficulties faced by people with the bleeding disorder by supporters of the Haemophilia Foundation of Nigeria. Photograph: HFN

When employers discover he has haemophilia, Sanusi Bolaji is usually sacked. It has happened 16 times. Bosses don’t like it that the graphic designer, from Akure in Nigeria, has to take days off sick, or they don’t believe he can do the job properly because of his illness.

The 29-year-old now freelances from home. He had to give up his ambition to be an electrical engineer because employers felt the physical demands of the work were too hazardous for him.

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