(c).
| Authors | Year | Country | Region | Study design | Setting | Sample size | Number of cases | Burden/10000 | Duration of study/months | Quality of study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mekonnen et al. [16] | 2021 | Ethiopia | Eastern Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 11177 | 32 | 28.63 | 72 | Medium |
| Mekonen et al. [17] | 2015 | Ethiopia | Eastern Africa | Prospective | Hospital-based | 1,516 | 20 | 131.93 | 6 | High |
| Barlow-Mosha et al. [26] | 2021 | Uganda | Eastern Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 110,752 | 109 | 9.8 | 40 | High |
| Mumpe-Mwanja et al. [27] | 2019 | Uganda | Eastern Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 69,766 | 72 | 10.32 | 28 | Medium |
| Nasri et al. [15] | 2014 | Tunisia | Northern Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 3,803,889 | 769 | 2.02 | 240 | Medium |
| Nnadi and Singh [43, 44] | 2022 | Nigeria | Western Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 10,163 | 22 | 21.63 | 36 | High |
| Oumer et al. [69] | 2021 | Sudan | Northern Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 36,785 | 103 | 28 | 12 | Medium |
| Radouani et al. [49] | 2015 | Morocco | Northern Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 60,017 | 80 | 13.3 | 48 | Low |
| Saib et al. [60] | 2021 | South Africa | Southern Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 7,516 | 5 | 6.65 | 12 | Medium |
| Perinatal [53] | 2021 | Sudan | Northern Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 20,000 | 72 | 36 | 5 | High |
| Singh et al. [35] | 2015 | Nageria | Western Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 10,163 | 16 | 15.74 | 36 | High |
| Sorri and Mesfin [18] | 2015 | Ethiopia | Eastern Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 28,961 | 177 | 61.12 | 36 | Medium |
| Taye et al. [70] | 2019 | Ethiopia | Eastern Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 76,201 | 612 | 80.31 | 6 | High |
| Taye et al. [10] | 2016 | Ethiopia | Eastern Africa | Cross-sectional | Hospital-based | 319,776 | 1873 | 58.57 | 48 | High |