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81 %36 (81%) children with sickle cell disease, ranging from kindergarten to university, are enrolled in school.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

45 %Mothers who do not have an abnormal hemoglobin status screen 45% of their children.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

25 %In Gabon, carriers of the sickle cell gene represent 25% (±3) of the population.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

64.4 %During the pandemic, 64.40% of sickle-cell subjects in Franceville, Gabon had no difficulty in accessing healthcare services.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2023South Asian Research Journal of Applied Medical SciencesOpenAlexdocument of 4 observations

30 %The total non-susceptibility rate to oral and parenteral (meningitis) penicillin in Streptococcus pneumoniae was 30% in children with and without sickle cell anaemia in Gabon.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2013Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of europe_pmcdocument of 8 observations

1.2 %1.2% of mothers who had been screened for sickle cell disease had hemoglobin status HbSS/HbSC.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

95 %The sickle cell phenotype in adults in Gabon is 95% SS type and approximately 2% SC type.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

44 children44 children with sickle cell disease were identified during the study.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

7.8 %Only 7.8% of households screened their children for sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

80 %80% of deaths from sickle cell disease concerned children who were not followed up.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

80 %80% of mothers who had performed hemoglobin electrophoresis testing had hemoglobin status HbAA.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

3.7 %Zinc supplementation concerns 3.7% of patients with sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

67 %67% of mothers knew sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

21.1 %The prevalence of sickle cell trait carriage is estimated to be 21.1% in individuals over the age of 15 years.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

79 %35 (79%) children with sickle cell disease are taken care of through the conventional CNAMGS system.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

23 %Painful crisis occurred in 23% of children under five years old with sickle cell disease.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

43.5 %Among the 76 fever episodes in children with sickle-cell disease, 30 (43.5%) occurred in the 12–18 year-old age group.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2014Open Journal of PediatricsOpenAlexdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.4236/ojped.2014.44036

7.2 g/dLHomozygous sickle cell anaemia patients had haemoglobin of 7.20 g/dL.

Gabondrépanocytosepublished 2019The Nigerian postgraduate medical journaleurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

When HbS is inherited from only one parent, the heterozygous (HbA/HbS) child is usually an asymptomatic carrier, although some symptoms may be present depending on the expression level of each allele.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 90 observations

35 %Malaria is the first pathology observed in sickle cell patients in the malaria-endemic context of Gabon, characterized by fever in 35% of cases.

Gabondrépanocytose · paludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

Sickle cell disease is a real public health problem in Gabon, with relatively high mortality.

GabondrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 71 observations

30 %Parmi les 114 enfants drepanocytaires d’âge scolaire inclus dans l’étude, 30 % présentaient un retard scolaire.

Gabondrépanocytoseobserved décembre 2015 à décembre 2016published 2018Health sciences and diseaseOpenAlexdocument of 6 observations