Cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma at primary hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa: the opportunity of PEN-Plus

Affiliations

¹ Center for Integration Science, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Global NCDs and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Partners In Health NCD Synergies, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: ngupta5@bwh.harvard.edu.
² Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
³ Partners In Health Sierra Leone, Kono, Sierra Leone.
⁴ Center for Integration Science, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Global NCDs and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Partners In Health NCD Synergies, Boston, MA, USA.

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Neil Gupta et al. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jan.

. 2023 Jan;8(1):13-14.

doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00336-3.

¹ Center for Integration Science, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Global NCDs and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Partners In Health NCD Synergies, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: ngupta5@bwh.harvard.edu.
² Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
³ Partners In Health Sierra Leone, Kono, Sierra Leone.
⁴ Center for Integration Science, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program in Global NCDs and Social Change, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Partners In Health NCD Synergies, Boston, MA, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

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