Sickle Cell Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa

ISBN-13: 9781032183671 / Twarda / 2024 / 384 str.

Opis

This important collection provides an epidemiological perspective on the continuing scope of Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) in sub-Saharan Africa, alongside the clinical attempts to provide comprehensive care in a resource-limited setting. 

Spis treści

Introduction  Chapter 1 - The Clinical Epidemiology of Sickle Cell Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa  Chapter 2 - Laboratory Profile of Sickle Cell Disease  Chapter 3 - Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis for Prevention of Sickle Cell Disorder: Current Trends and Barriers  Chapter 4 - The State of Newborn Screening for Sickle Cell Disease in Low and Middle Income Countries  Chapter 5 - Routine Comprehensive Care for Children with SCD  Chapter 6 - Pediatric to Adult Transition Care for Patients with Sickle Cell Disorder  Chapter 7 - Neurocognitive Complications of Sickle Cell Disease in Africa  Chapter 8 - Overview of Organ Dysfunction in Sickle Cell Disease  Chapter 9 - Management of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease  Chapter 10 - Management of Infections and Fever in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)  Chapter 11 - Transfusion in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD): Complications Including Iron Overload  Chapter 12 - Pregnancy in women with Sickle Cell Disorder  Chapter 13 - Sickle Cell Disease and Nutrition  Chapter 14 - Hydroxyurea in the management of Sickle Cell Disease in Africa  Chapter 15 - Niprisan and Other Homegrown Antisickling Medications: Successes and Challenges  Chapter 16 - Investigational Therapies and Advances in Science for SCD: A Glimmer of Hope  Chapter 17 - Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Sickle cell Disease: A global perspective  Chapter 18 - Nursing Care in Sickle Cell Disease: Lessons from East Africa  Chapter 19 - Access to Blood Products for SCD Warriors in Nigeria - Challenges and Opportunities

 

O autorze

Baba Inusa, MBBS (ABU 1984), FMCPaed (Nigeria, 1992), FRCPCH (UK, 1997) is Professor of paediatric haematology, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust.

 

Kanayo Nwankwo, MD, is a life-span sickle cell advocate who is currently a resident physician at Brookdale University Hospital, Brooklyn NY.

 

Nkechikwu Azinge-Egbiri, is a Lecturer at the School of Law, Lancaster University and Founder of the Sickle Cell Aid Foundation (SCAF), a youth-led NGO she established to raise awareness of Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) and support those living with it.

 

Bukola Bolarinwa is a qualified legal practitioner with an LLM in International Economic Law from the University of Warwick and LLB from the University of Leicester.