Liver cirrhosis in sub-Saharan Africa: neglected, yet important
dc.contributor.author | Vento, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dzudzor, B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cainelli, F. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tachi, K. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-26T09:52:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-26T09:52:05Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-09 | |
dc.description.abstract | Clinical 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.other | https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30344-9 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/31038 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Lancet Global Health | en_US |
dc.title | Liver cirrhosis in sub-Saharan Africa: neglected, yet important | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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