Burden of sickle cell anemia in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Bwambale Jonani ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: bwambale.jonani@mak.ac.ug

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Laboratories, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda, Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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

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• Emmanuel Charles Kasule,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratories, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7156-2594

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• Bwire Roman Herman,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratories, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda

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• Joel Fredrick Arturo,

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

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratories, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda

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• Mwesigwa Calvin Mugambwa,

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

  Affiliation Outpatient and Inpatient Departments, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda

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• Ssebulime Stephen,

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

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda

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• John Bosco Mundaka,

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

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Sebbi Hospital, Wakiso, Uganda

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• Richard Kwizera,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Research, Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Gerald Mboowa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, The African Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data-Intensive Sciences, Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8445-9414

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• Felix Bongomin

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4515-8517

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