Emerging patterns of inflammatory bowel disease in sub-Saharan Africa: 175 cases from an IBD network

Phoebe Hodges; Oluwafunmilayo Adeniyi; Smita Devani; Chinenye Nwoko; Opeyemi Owoseni; Kwadwo Gyebi Agyenim Boateng; Anthony Ocanit; Abdallah Muhofa; Nasiru Altine Dankiri; Babatunde Duduyemi; Zenahebezu Abay; Yusuf Musa; Eileen Micah; Pissi Kabagambe; Abate Bane Shewaye; Preetha Thomas; Samuel Wanjara; David Epstein; Gillian Watermeyer; Hani Fathi; Olusegun Alatise; Mzamo Mbelle; Paul Kelly; Nick Croft

doi:10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae126

Emerging patterns of inflammatory bowel disease in sub-Saharan Africa: 175 cases from an IBD network

J Crohns Colitis. 2024 Aug 14:jjae126. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae126. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Phoebe Hodges¹, Oluwafunmilayo Adeniyi², Smita Devani³, Chinenye Nwoko⁴, Opeyemi Owoseni⁵, Kwadwo Gyebi Agyenim Boateng⁶, Anthony Ocanit⁷, Abdallah Muhofa⁸, Nasiru Altine Dankiri⁹, Babatunde Duduyemi¹⁰, Zenahebezu Abay¹¹, Yusuf Musa¹², Eileen Micah⁶, Pissi Kabagambe¹³, Abate Bane Shewaye¹⁴, Preetha Thomas¹⁵, Samuel Wanjara¹⁶, David Epstein¹⁷, Gillian Watermeyer¹⁸, Hani Fathi¹⁹, Olusegun Alatise²⁰, Mzamo Mbelle²¹, Paul Kelly^{1

22}, Nick Croft¹

Affiliations

¹ Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom.
² Department of Paediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Lagos/Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
³ Nairobi, Kenya.
⁴ Iwosan Lagoon Hospitals, Lagos, Nigeria.
⁵ Federal Medical Center Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
⁶ Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.
⁷ Kiruddu National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
⁸ Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences Makerere University, Mulago National Referral Hospital, Kampala, Uganda.
⁹ Internal Medicine Department, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria.
¹⁰ College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences Teaching Hospitals Complex, Highest University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
¹¹ University of Gondar Hospital, Gondar, Ethiopia.
¹² Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Katsina, Nigeria.
¹³ Beni General Referral Hospital, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
¹⁴ Addis Ababa University, College of Health Sciences, Tikur Anbessa and Adera Hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
¹⁵ Mediclinic Kloof Hospital, Erasmuskloof, Pretoria, South Africa.
¹⁶ Department of Surgery, Nakuru level V Hospital, Nakuru, Kenya.
¹⁷ Vincent Pallotti Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁸ Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
¹⁹ Ibn Sina Hospital, Khartoum, Sudan.
²⁰ Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria.
²¹ Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa.
²² Tropical Gastroenterology and Nutrition Group, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.

PMID: 39140612
DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjae126

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.