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ArticleThe lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology2024

Disparities in fragility fracture and osteoporosis care in Africa.

Kate A Ward, Tafadzwa Madanhire, Kebba Marenah, Lisa K Micklesfield, Celia L Gregson

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Article in The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Age- and sex-specific incidence rates and future projections for hip fractures in The Gambia, West Africa, and comparison across four countries in Africa.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2026
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  2. Romosozumab versus teriparatide and risk of all-cause mortality in patients with osteoporosis: a real-world propensity score-matched cohort study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  3. Beyond the fracture: coordinated action for bone health equity in Africa.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
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  6. Barriers and solutions for global access to osteoporosis management: a Position Paper from the International Osteoporosis Foundation.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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  9. Vertebral fracture prevalence and risk factors for fracture in The Gambia, West Africa: the Gambian Bone and Muscle Ageing Study.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Kate A WardMRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; MRC Unit The Gambia, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Banjul, The Gambia. Electronic address: kw@mrc.soton.ac.uk.
Tafadzwa MadanhireThe Health Research Unit Zimbabwe, Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe; Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Kebba MarenahDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia.
Lisa K MicklesfieldSAMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Celia L GregsonThe Health Research Unit Zimbabwe, Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Harare, Zimbabwe; Musculoskeletal Research Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Healthcare DisparitiesOsteoporosisOsteoporotic FracturesAfricaFemaleHumans

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PMID38527466
PMCPMC7619115

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