Haemophilia in Côte d'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast) in 2017: Extensive data collection as part of the World Federation of Hemophilia's twinning programme.
Haemophilia
; 25(2): 236-243, 2019 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
In sub-Saharan African countries, research on haemophilia is limited. Since 2015, a partnership has been established through the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH)'s twinning programme between the haemophilia treatment centre (HTC) of the Centre Hospitalier universitaire of Yopougon in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, and the Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc of Brussels, Belgium.AIM:
This study sought to collect accurate, and detailed demographic, clinical, and laboratory data on the whole identified Ivorian haemophilia population.METHODS:
A prospective study was conducted in 2017 in Yopougon's HTC. Participants were assessed through multidisciplinary workups including interviews, logbook review, pedigree establishment, clinical examination and laboratory testing.RESULTS:
Data on 81 patients with haemophilia (PWH) (78 severe and moderate) were collected. Postcircumcision bleeding was the most common diagnosis reason (32%). Mouth bleeds and skin wounds accounted for 55.2% of bleeds. Pedigrees revealed 63 deaths in affected relatives among 33 families. Most PWHs (76.5%) were treated on demand, and 21% had never been exposed to clotting factor. Non-substitutive therapies (tranexamic acid [43%], physiotherapy [11%] and DDAVP [0%]) were underused. Overweight was uncommon. Knees were the most clinically affected joints at the Hemophilia Joint Health Score. Inhibitors were present in 7.8% of previously treated PWHs.CONCLUSIONS:
This study highlights the value of simple, feasible and inexpensive tools to collect data in the Ivorian haemophilia population and provides the basis for developing and implementing locally appropriate strategies to improve screening, diagnosis, preventive care, treatment and education. It demonstrated the WFH twinning programme benefits for haemophilia care in the developing world.Palavras-chave
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Hemofilia B
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Hemofilia A
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Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
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Newborn
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Haemophilia
Assunto da revista:
HEMATOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Bélgica