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Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Partners with VITSAF
Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals and VITSAF have recently entered an agreement to help develop resources for VITSAF’s online and offline activities. Clinuvel are currently testing a drug – known as SCENESSE® (afamelanotide) – in clinical trials for a range of skin disorders, … Continue reading
Microsoft Nigeria supports VITSAF Brochure printing
We are so grateful and delighted as Microsoft Nigeria supports the printing of our new Brochure. These are materials that help to a great extent our awareness and enlightenment programs, truly because Vitiligo is still to an extent underestimated and … Continue reading
Why Vitiligo World Day for Awareness?
The skin is the outer image of every individual, it is the ultimate accessory, and it’s what we are wrapped in. When there are significant changes or damages to a person’s outward appearance, this has extreme social, emotion, psychological and … Continue reading
VITSAF Welcomes New Patron – Onyeka Onwenu
Vitiligo Support and Awareness Foundation (VITSAF), is delighted that an unarguably foremost Nigerian Female Artiste of Onyeka Onwenu’s calibre has agreed to support and be part of VITSAF. This she opened up with an endorsement of one of our TV … Continue reading
Vitiligo Support and Awareness Foundation (VITSAF) announces its re-launch of Vitiligo ‘Project 1,000’
Press release Vitiligo Support and Awareness Foundation (VITSAF) announces the re-launch of its ‘Project 1,000’ a fundraising project to raise funds for its operation, huge projects and replications. According to the Executive Director, Ogo Maduewesi, ‘Project 1,000’ is a strategic … Continue reading
Top Nigerian Celebrities endorses Tales of Vitiligo (TV Fillers)
We are delighted and grateful to Nigerian top celebrities who endorsed our TV Fillers titled Tales of Vitiligo. They are in person of Onyeka Onwenu Francis Duru Julius Agwu Rita Dominic Stephaine Okereke Follow the links below to view all … Continue reading
VITSAF Advocates World Vitiligo Day – June 25th
Dear Vitiligo Advocacy Colleague, Greetings from Vitiligo Support and Awareness Foundation (VITSAF), a young not-for-profit, patient–driven, patient-advocate organization incorporated in Nigeria, passionately concerned about the needs of persons living with Vitiligo primarily in West Africa, relieving the agony of blacks … Continue reading
Debut Video Productions for Vitiligo Awareness and Enlightenment in Africa
VITSAF’s one major goal is to achieve extensive Vitiligo awareness and enlightenment amongst the general public and medical community in Africa and beyond. This we have started delivering thus our debut video productions. Our main approach to this is through … Continue reading
Psychological impact of Vitiligo
… having Vitiligo is not the cataclysmic calamity that a terminal cancer or severely disabling injury would be. But I do know that its effects on a person’s confidence and self-image can be quite devastating. So I have no wish … Continue reading
Positive Attitude to Vitiligo
‘Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% what you make of it’ I am starting with my life experience and having been in contact with persons going through some sort of depression and low self esteem. I have … Continue reading
