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ArticleJournal of Crohn's & colitis2025

Emerging Patterns of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: 175 Cases From an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network.

Phoebe Hodges, Oluwafunmilayo Adeniyi, Smita Devani, Chinenye Nwoko, Opeyemi Owoseni, Kwadwo Gyebi Agyenim Boateng, Anthony Ocanit, Abdallah Muhofa, Nasiru Altine Dankiri, Babatunde Duduyemi and 14 more

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5 · Who and what money

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24 authors.

Phoebe HodgesBlizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7231-0804
Oluwafunmilayo AdeniyiDepartment of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Lagos/Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
Smita DevaniNairobi, Kenya.
Chinenye NwokoIwosan Lagoon Hospitals, Lagos, Nigeria.
Opeyemi OwoseniFederal Medical Center Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Kwadwo Gyebi Agyenim BoatengKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
Anthony OcanitKiruddu National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
Abdallah MuhofaDepartment of Medicine, College of Health Sciences Makerere University, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
Nasiru Altine DankiriInternal Medicine Department, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.
Babatunde DuduyemiCollege of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences Teaching Hospitals Complex, Highest University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Zenahebezu Abay AlemayehuUniversity of Gondar Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Yusuf MusaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, Nigeria.
Eileen MicahKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
Pissi KabagambeBeni General Referral Hospital, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Abate Bane ShewayeAddis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences, Tikur Anbessa and Adera Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Preetha ThomasMediclinic Kloof Hospital, Erasmuskloof, Pretoria, South Africa.
Samuel WanjaraDepartment of Surgery, Nakuru Level V Hospital, Nakuru, Kenya.
David EpsteinVincent Pallotti Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Gillian WatermeyerGroote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Hani FathiIbn Sina Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.
Olusegun AlatiseObafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria.
Mzamo MbelleCharlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Paul KellyBlizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0844-6448
Nicholas M CroftBlizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1519-6435

Funding

The Barts Charity G-002264
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a knowledge gap on the epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in Africa. To begin to address this issue, we formed a case reporting network of practitioners with an interest in inflammatory bowel disease across sub-Saharan Africa. Here, we report a series of 175 cases from 12 countries over 2 years.

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Inflammatory Bowel DiseasesAdolescentAdultAfrica South of the SaharaAgedAged, 80 and overChildFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultAfricaepidemiologyInflammatory bowel disease

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PMID39140612
PMCPMC11725509

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