Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on viral hepatitis services in sub-Saharan Africa

Affiliations

¹ Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Section of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK. Electronic address: m.lemoine@imperial.ac.uk.
² Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Section of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK.
³ Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Section of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK; Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia.
⁴ Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia.
⁵ Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania.
⁶ Department of Parasitology, Mycology and Tropical Medicine, Université des Sciences de la Santé, Libreville, Gabon.
⁷ Département de Médicine, CHU Bodogodo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁸ Département d'Hépato-gastroentérologie, CHU Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁹ Département de Médicine, CHU Souro Sanou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
¹⁰ Unité d'Épidémiologie des Maladies Émergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

Maud Lemoine et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;5(11):966-967.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(20)30305-8. Epub 2020 Sep 18.

¹ Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Section of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK. Electronic address: m.lemoine@imperial.ac.uk.
² Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Section of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK.
³ Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Section of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Imperial College London, St Mary's Hospital, London W2 1NY, UK; Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia.
⁴ Medical Research Council Unit, The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia.
⁵ Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Muhimbili National Hospital, Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania.
⁶ Department of Parasitology, Mycology and Tropical Medicine, Université des Sciences de la Santé, Libreville, Gabon.
⁷ Département de Médicine, CHU Bodogodo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁸ Département d'Hépato-gastroentérologie, CHU Yalgado Ouédraogo, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
⁹ Département de Médicine, CHU Souro Sanou, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
¹⁰ Unité d'Épidémiologie des Maladies Émergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

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Effect of COVID-19 on viral hepatitis services in Pakistan.
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