About Us
American African Health Team (AAHT), LLC is an on-line web-based e-learning non-governmental and non-profit organization (NGO) for Health-related educational resources to assist healthcare personnel and patients worldwide, especially in the developing nations where the epidemiological monitoring studies are limited, due to a lack of medical surveillance systems and reliable and unified registries and databases. On-line web-based resources using Internet-based resources to access update information on IBD management and patient health quality of life. In addition, there are several University Websites and Industry-sponsored and IBD Group Websites.
Donations will serve to maintain service and maintenance for On-Line Web-Based Guide to Health Professionals and Patients. Locally trained personnel have limited knowledge for e.g. inflammatory bowel disease because is not included in their training Core Curriculum and research in this area is completely unknown.
The Rise of IBD
It is now clear that IBD is increasing worldwide and has become a global emergence disease. IBD has been considered a problem in industrial-urbanized societies and attributed largely to a Westernized lifestyle and other associated environmental factors. Its incidence and prevalence in developing countries is steadily rising and has been attributed to the rapid modernization and Westernization of the population. The evidence that IBD affects much younger population presents an additional concern. Meta-analyses conducted in patients acquiring IBD at a young age also reveals a trend for their increased risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC), since the cumulative incidence rates of CRC in IBD-patients diagnosed in childhood are higher than those observed in adults. In addition, IBD-associated CRC has a worse prognosis than sporadic CRC, even when the stage at diagnosis is considered. This is consistent with additional evidence that IBD negatively impacts CRC survival. A continuing increase in IBD incidence worldwide associated with childhood-onset of IBD coupled with the diseases’ longevity and an increase in oncologic transformation suggest a rising disease burden, morbidity, and healthcare costs. IBD and its associated neoplastic transformation appear inevitable, which may significantly impact pediatric gastroenterology and adult CRC care. Due to an infrastructure gap in terms of access to care between developed vs. developing nations and the uneven representation of IBD across socioeconomic strata, a plan is needed in the developing world regarding how to address this emerging problem.
Featured Articles
Ulcerative colitis: a case in Togo
Ulcerative colitis seems to be rare in sub-Saharan Africa. Because its clinical and radiological signs are non-specific, anatomopathologic studies are necessary for definitive diagnosis after exclusion of parasitic, bacterial, and viral causes. The purpose of [...]
Inflammatory bowel disease in rural sub-Saharan Africa: rarity of diagnosis in patients attending mission hospitals
One hundred and eighteen missionaries working on 75 mission stations or hospitals in 24 sub-Saharan African countries provided information about their medical practice in the preceding year of 1981. Details were collected of the total [...]
Inflammatory bowel disease in Cape Town, 1975-1980. Part II. Crohn’s disease
Patients with Crohn's disease seen in the Gastro-intestinal Clinic of Groote Schuur Hospital between 1975 and 1980 were studied to establish the incidence and clinical features of this disease. There were 117 patients and the [...]