Prevalence of sickle cell anemia in Africa: A protocol for a meta-analysis of existing studies

• Bwambale Jonani ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  ^* jonani.bwambale@sebbihospital.co.ug,(BJ)

  Affiliation Laboratory department, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso district, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9719-3934

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• Emmanuel Charles Kasule ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuel Charles Kasule, Herman Roman Bwire, Otema Ricky, Joel Fredrick Arturo

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory department, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso district, Uganda

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• Herman Roman Bwire ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuel Charles Kasule, Herman Roman Bwire, Otema Ricky, Joel Fredrick Arturo

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory department, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso district, Uganda

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• Otema Ricky ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuel Charles Kasule, Herman Roman Bwire, Otema Ricky, Joel Fredrick Arturo

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory department, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso district, Uganda

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• Joel Fredrick Arturo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emmanuel Charles Kasule, Herman Roman Bwire, Otema Ricky, Joel Fredrick Arturo

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory department, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso district, Uganda

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• Matsiko Livingstone,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation National STI Control Unit Mulago Hospital, STI/Skin Clinic - Old Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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• Nassinde Esther,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso district, Uganda

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• Namirembe Esther,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Insurance and Client care department, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso district, Uganda

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• Namale Joanitah,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso district, Uganda

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• Lillian Nabbanja Naava,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynecology department, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso district, Uganda

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• Ssebulime Stephen ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶& These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynecology department, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso district, Uganda

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• John Bosco Mundaka

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶& These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynecology department, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso district, Uganda

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