Liver cirrhosis in sub-Saharan Africa: neglected, yet important

dc.contributor.authorVento, S.
dc.contributor.authorDzudzor, B.
dc.contributor.authorCainelli, F.
dc.contributor.authorTachi, K.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-26T09:52:05Z
dc.date.available2019-06-26T09:52:05Z
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.description.abstractClinical efforts and research on liver diseases have been scarce in sub-Saharan Africa. The first Conference on Liver Disease in Africa (Nairobi, Sept 13–15, 2018), gathering all stakeholders from the continent, is a welcome step towards greater attention to the problem, and the important issue of liver cirrhosis. Cirrhosis-related deaths doubled in sub-Saharan Africa between 1980 and 2010, and the Central African Republic, Gabon, Malawi, Uganda, and Cote d'Ivoire were among the highest 10% of countries for these deaths in 2010.1 Most cases of cirrhosis were attributed to hepatitis B virus (HBV), alcohol misuse, and hepatitis C virus (HCV), but around 30% were unrelated to these causes.1 The understudied non-alcoholic fatty liver disease probably has a role in these latter cases, considering the increase in obesity in sub-Saharan Africa, and traditional herbal medicine could also contribute, because its use is associated with a substantial increase in liver fibrosis.en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30344-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/31038
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe Lancet Global Healthen_US
dc.titleLiver cirrhosis in sub-Saharan Africa: neglected, yet importanten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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