Bridging the rheumatology resource gap in Africa

Dzifa Dey^#^{1

2}, Bridget Hodkinson^#³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School, Legon, Accra, Ghana. dzifakay@gmail.com.
² Rheumatology Unit Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana. dzifakay@gmail.com.
³ Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, RheumatologyCape Town, South Africa.

^# Contributed equally.

Editorial

Dzifa Dey et al. Clin Rheumatol. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;44(4):1397-1402.

doi: 10.1007/s10067-025-07362-7. Epub 2025 Feb 20.

Dzifa Dey^#^{1

2}, Bridget Hodkinson^#³

¹ Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Ghana Medical School, Legon, Accra, Ghana. dzifakay@gmail.com.
² Rheumatology Unit Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana. dzifakay@gmail.com.
³ Department of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, RheumatologyCape Town, South Africa.

^# Contributed equally.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Disclosures: None.

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