Table 1 Overview of Paediatric Rheumatology Centres in Africa
From: Pediatric rheumatology in Africa: thriving amidst challenges
Country | Centre | Paediatric Rheumatologist | Contacts | Training Centre | Inpatients /year | Outpatient/year | Availability of Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy | Availability of Synthetic DMARDs | Availability of Biological DMARDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Northern Africa Region | |||||||||
1.Egypt | Abu el Reesh University Hospital | Hala M Lofty | Cairo University EULAR Courses | 600 | 8000 | Available | Available | Ant TNF Anti IL1 Anti IL6 Anti IL17 Anti IL23 JAK Inhibitors Anti CD 20 | |
2.Libya | Benghazi Children Hospital | Halima Mohamed Benamer | benamer_h@yahoo,co.uk | Benghazi Children Hospital | 50 | 300 | Available | Available | Ant TNF Anti IL1 Anti IL6 Anti CD 20 |
Tripoli Children’s Hospital | 1.Soad Hashad 2.Hala Etayari 3.Eman Elmisllati-Traineee 4.Magda Tofil-Trainee 5.Zohairah Awhidah-Trainee 6.Aya Twati-Trainee | Tripoli Children’s Hospital Instituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa/Italy EULAR Online Course | 20 | 800 | |||||
3.Tunisia | -Kassab Institute / Manouba -Mongi Slim Hospital Tunis -Children hospital Bechir Hamza / Tunis | Wafa HAMDI Leila Souabni Zohra Fitouri | Paris-Descartes University FRANCE | 150 | 600 | Available | Available | Anti TNF (5 molecules) Anti IL6 JAK Inhibitors Anti CD20 Anti IL17 | |
4.Algeria | Batna 2 University | Djohra HADEF | France | 30 | 100 | Available | Available | Ant TNF Anti IL1 Anti IL6 Anti IL17 Anti CD 20 | |
Eastern Africa Region | |||||||||
5.Kenya | Aga Khan University Medical College East Africa | Angela Migowa | angela.migowa@ | McGill University Health Centre | 30 | 200 | Available | Available | Ant TNF Anti IL1 Anti IL6 JAK Inhibitors Anti CD 20 |
University of Nairobi | Lawrence Owino | University of Cape Town | 50 | 300 | |||||
6.Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Francis Fredrick | EULAR Online Course University of Cape Town | 50 | 300 | Available | Available | Anti CD 20 Anti IL6 | |
7.Sudan | Khartoum | Abubaker Fadlelmola | University of Cape Town | 100 | 400 | Available | Available | Inaccessible | |
Yassmin Taha | United Kingdom | ||||||||
Western Africa Region | |||||||||
8.Nigeria | Lagos State University Teaching Hospital | Faleye Ayodele | University of Cape Town | 10–20 | 40 | Anti TNF Anti CD 20 | |||
9.Ghana | Tamale | Yaninga Halwani Fusweni | University of Cape Town | 6 | 5 | Available | Available | Inaccessible | |
Southern Africa Region | |||||||||
10.South Africa | University of Cape Town | Chris Scott | South Africa and Belgium | 450 | 1500 | Available | Available | Ant TNF Anti IL1 Anti IL6 JAK Inhibitors Anti CD 20 | |
Kate Webb | South Africa and UK | ||||||||
Nicky Brice | University of Cape Town | ||||||||
Waheba Slamang | University of Cape Town | ||||||||
Deepthi Abraham | Tygerberg Hospital | 113 | 516 | ||||||
Johannesburg | Gail Faller | University of Witwatersrand | 20–40 | 200 | |||||
Bhadrish Mistry | University of Western Australia | 20–40 | 200 | ||||||
Priya Ambaram | University of Witwatersrand | 4–20 | 395 | ||||||
Durban | Kogie Chinniah | Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine | 60 | 560 | |||||