Living with sickle cell, Sharifu provides a firsthand narrative through his lived experiences to address issues of care, behaviour, stigma, and discrimination among persons with sickle cell in different locales. Sharifu reached over 60,150 people, set up 18 support networks and registered 20,153 across the Uganda.Global Thinkers Forum "Leaders of Tomorrow - Sharifu Tusuubira" October 2018 He was part of the team behind the Kabaka birthday run for sickle cell in Uganda(2017-2019), an initiative aimed at engaging communities in the sickle cell fight while raising funds to support the sickle cell programs.Ministry of Health receives sickle cell kits from Birthday run
