Hodges Phoebe, Adeniyi Oluwafunmilayo, Devani Smita, Nwoko Chinenye, Owoseni Opeyemi, Boateng Kwadwo Gyebi Agyenim, Ocanit Anthony, Muhofa Abdallah, Dankiri Nasiru Altine, Duduyemi Babatunde, Alemayehu Zenahebezu Abay, Musa Yusuf, Micah Eileen, Kabagambe Pissi, Shewaye Abate Bane, Thomas Preetha, Wanjara Samuel, Epstein David, Watermeyer Gillian, Fathi Hani, Alatise Olusegun, Mbelle Mzamo, Kelly Paul, Croft Nicholas M
Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Lagos/Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
J Crohns Colitis. 2025 Jan 11;19(1). doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae126.
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.
非洲炎症性肠病的流行病学存在知识空白。为了开始解决这个问题,我们组建了一个由撒哈拉以南非洲地区对炎症性肠病感兴趣的从业者组成的病例报告网络。在此,我们报告了2年期间来自12个国家的175例病例系列。