The clinical epidemiology of sickle cell anemia In A frica

AW Macharia, G Mochamah, S Uyoga… - American journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is the commonest severe monogenic disorders of humans. The
disease has been highly characterized in high‐income countries but not in sub‐Saharan …

The burden of sickle cell disease in Cape Town

A Wonkam, C Ponde, N Nicholson… - South African Medical …, 2012 - journals.co.za
Background. South Africa has a low incidence of sickle cell disease (SCD). However, its
demographics are changing because of immigration from sub-Saharan African countries …

An up-date on the prevalence of sickle cell trait in Eastern and Western Uganda

AL Okwi, W Byarugaba, CM Ndugwa, A Parkes… - BMC Hematology, 2010 - Springer
Background The first survey on sickle cell disease (SCD) done in Uganda in 1949, reported
the district of Bundibugyo in Western Uganda to have the highest sickle cell trait (SCT) …

An observational study of children with sickle cell disease in Kilifi, Kenya

M Sadarangani, J Makani, AN Komba… - British journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, sickle cell disease (SCD) has its highest prevalence and worst prognosis in sub‐
Saharan Africa. Nevertheless, relatively few studies describe the clinical characteristics of …

A ten year review of the sickle cell program in Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania

J Makani, F Tluway, A Makubi, D Soka, S Nkya… - BMC hematology, 2018 - Springer
Background Africa has the highest burden of Sickle cell disease (SCD) but there are few
large, systematic studies providing reliable descriptions of the disease spectrum. Tanzania …

Burden of sickle cell disease in Ghana: the Korle‐Bu experience

EV Asare, I Wilson… - Advances in …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In Africa, sickle cell disease (SCD) is a major public health problem with over 200,000
babies born per year. In Ghana, approximately 15,000 (2%) of Ghanaian newborns are …

Complications of sickle cell anaemia in children in Northwestern Tanzania

H Saidi, LR Smart, E Kamugisha, EE Ambrose… - …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Tanzania has the third highest birth rate of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in Africa,
but few studies describe severity of complications or available treatments, especially in …

An overview of sickle cell disease from the socio-demographic triangle-a Nigerian single-institution retrospective study

OC Nwabuko, U Onwuchekwa, O Iheji - Pan African Medical Journal, 2022 - ajol.info
Introduction: sickle cell disease (SCD) is a hereditary red blood cell disorder of public health
importance globally with Nigeria the epicenter zone in Africa. There is a paucity of …

Evaluation of clinical severity of sickle cell anemia in Nigerian children

SA Adegoke, BP Kuti - Journal of applied hematology, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Sickle cell anemia (SCA) in children exhibits wide clinical diversity. SCA's variable and
unpredictable phenotypic expressions pose significant management challenges to …

Establishing a sickle cell disease registry in Africa: experience from the Sickle Pan-African Research Consortium, Kumasi-Ghana

V Paintsil, EX Amuzu, I Nyanor, E Asafo-Adjei… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is the most common clinically significant hemoglobinopathy,
characterized by painful episodes, anemia, high risk of infection, and other acute and …