American African Health Team (AAHT), LLC

www.americanafricanhealthteam.com
American African Health Team (AAHT), LLC is an online 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 low- and middle-income developing nations where the epidemiological monitoring studies are limited, due to a lack of medical surveillance systems and reliable and unified registries and databases. Online web-based resources using Internet-based resources to access updated 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 e.g. inflammatory bowel disease because is not included in their training Core Curriculum and research in this area is completely unknown.

It is now clear that IBD is increasing worldwide and has become a global emerging emergent 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 low- and middle-income developing countries are steadily rising and have been attributed to the rapid modernization and Westernization of the population. The evidence that IBD affects a much younger population presents an additional concern. Meta-analyses conducted in patients acquiring IBD at a young age also reveal 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 IBD coupled with the diseases’ longevity and an increase in oncologic transformation suggests 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 low- and middle-income nations worldwide regarding how to address this emerging problem.

Amosy M'Koma
Founding CEO
AAHT