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2 %Sickle cell disease impacts 2% of newborns in Nigeria and Ghana.

Ghana · Nigeriadrépanocytosepublié 2021Journal of immigrant and minority healthPubMed

20 %Dans des pays tels que le Cameroun, la République du Congo, le Gabon, le Ghana et le Nigeria, la prévalence de la drépanocytose est de 20 à 30 %.

Cameroun · Gabon · Ghana · NigeriadrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument de 857 observations

3 monthsThe average age at diagnosis of sickle cell disease was 3 months in Ghana.

Ghanadrépanocytosepublié 2025EJHaemeurope_pmcdocument de 7 observations

14,8 %An obstructive lung function pattern was observed in 14.8% (n = 17) of children with sickle cell disease compared to 5.2% (n = 6) of controls.

GhanadrépanocytosePubMeddocument de 6 observations

24,3 %A restrictive lung function pattern was observed in 24.3% (n = 28) of children with sickle cell disease compared to 12.2% (n = 14) of controls.

GhanadrépanocytosePubMeddocument de 6 observations

2,6 %A mixed lung function pattern was observed in 2.6% (n = 3) of children with sickle cell disease compared to 0% in controls.

GhanadrépanocytosePubMeddocument de 6 observations

-0,8 z-scoreChildren with sickle cell disease had significantly lower mean z-scores for forced vital capacity (FVC) compared to controls: -0.8 (SD 1.2) versus -0.3 (SD 1.3), p < 0.001.

GhanadrépanocytosePubMeddocument de 6 observations

-1 z-scoreChildren with sickle cell disease had significantly lower mean z-scores for forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) compared to controls: -1.0 (SD 1.2) versus -0.4 (SD 1.2), p < 0.001.

GhanadrépanocytosePubMeddocument de 6 observations

13 403 patientsThe SickleInAfrica consortium registry enrolled 13,403 sickle cell disease patients from 2017 to 2021 across 31 facilities in Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania.

Ghana · Nigeria · Tanzaniedrépanocytoseobservé 2017-2021publié 2025EJHaemeurope_pmcdocument de 7 observations

42 %Abnormal lung function was significantly more common in children with sickle cell disease than in controls: 42% (n = 48) versus 17.4% (n = 20).

GhanadrépanocytosePubMeddocument de 6 observations

40 000 personsThe Sickle Pan-African Research Consortium (SPARCo) registry includes data from over 40,000 persons living with sickle cell disease in seven African countries.

Ghana · Mali · Nigeria · Ouganda · Tanzanie · Zambie · Zimbabwedrépanocytosepublié 2026Database : the journal of biological databases and curationeurope_pmc

4 %In Côte d’Ivoire and its neighbouring countries (Ghana, Burkina Faso and Mali), the prevalence of sickle cell genetic traits is between 4% and 25%.

Burkina Faso · Ghana · MalidrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument de 59 observations