METHODS
For this narrative review, we searched Pubmed and Africa-Wide
Information through EBSCOhost, using index terms and free text around
four themes: (1) burden of anticoagulation indications, (2) challenges
accessing anticoagulation, (3) challenges with selecting and adjusting
anticoagulant dose, and (4) patient-related challenges including
adherence, knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs, and genetic factors. We
also searched Google and various dissertation databases for grey
literature from SSA on these issues. Further reports were found by
handsearching reference lists of included studies.