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. 2025 Jan 11;19(1):jjae126.
doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae126.

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

Phoebe Hodges  1 , Oluwafunmilayo Adeniyi  2 , Smita Devani  3 , Chinenye Nwoko  4 , Opeyemi Owoseni  5 , Kwadwo Gyebi Agyenim Boateng  6 , Anthony Ocanit  7 , Abdallah Muhofa  8 , Nasiru Altine Dankiri  9 , Babatunde Duduyemi  10 , Zenahebezu Abay Alemayehu  11 , Yusuf Musa  12 , Eileen Micah  6 , Pissi Kabagambe  13 , Abate Bane Shewaye  14 , Preetha Thomas  15 , Samuel Wanjara  16 , David Epstein  17 , Gillian Watermeyer  18 , Hani Fathi  19 , Olusegun Alatise  20 , Mzamo Mbelle  21 , Paul Kelly  1   22 , Nicholas M Croft  1
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Emerging Patterns of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa: 175 Cases From an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network

Phoebe Hodges et al. J Crohns Colitis. .

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.

Keywords: Africa; Inflammatory bowel disease; epidemiology.

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A, Total number of inflammatory bowel disease cases reported by country 2021-2023. B, Mean number of cases reported per respondent per month by country. Means were calculated from data only including months when the clinician had responded to the initial “Yes/No” questionnaire (in other words, it was not assumed that the respondent had not seen any cases simply because they had not replied to the survey that month). Abbreviation: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Figure 1
Figure 1
A, Total number of inflammatory bowel disease cases reported by country 2021-2023. B, Mean number of cases reported per respondent per month by country. Means were calculated from data only including months when the clinician had responded to the initial “Yes/No” questionnaire (in other words, it was not assumed that the respondent had not seen any cases simply because they had not replied to the survey that month). Abbreviation: DRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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