Ahead of the 2023 World Haemophilia Day (WHD), health experts in the African region are advocating proper diagnosis and management of the disease within the region.
Speaking during a virtual media roundtable on Thursday, a professor of Hematology and Blood Transfusion at the University of Lagos, Sulaimon Akanmu, said cases of haemophilia recorded in the region are quite low because people are hardly diagnosed with it.
Mr Sulaimon said the region with over one billion people accounts for only three per cent of haemophilia cases globally. He said countries like Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and Algeria contribute to the bulk of the three per cent recorded.
He noted that it is mostly assumed that there are more haemophilia cases in the developed world than the low and middle-income countries (LMIC). He, however, insisted that such a perception is not true.
“The difference between developed…
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