Study sites for vitamin K-dependent anticoagulant (VKA) use and level of anticoagulation control in sub-Saharan Africa
| Country | Site(s) | Description |
| Botswana | Princess Marina Hospital (PMH) | PMH is a teaching hospital for the University of Botswana. The warfarin clinic runs once a week, serving patients with different conditions |
| DRC | Les Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa | This is a teaching hospital of the School of Medicine at the University of Kinshasa. Patients on anticoagulants attend the Cardiology Unit of the Internal Medicine Department. |
| Ethiopia | Tikur Anbessa Specialised Hospital, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University | The study will be conducted in adult and paediatric cardiac clinics. |
| Ghana | Greater Accra Regional Hospital and the Korlebu Teaching Hospital | The Greater Accra Hospital is a tertiary hospital in Accra, the capital city of Ghana. Physician specialist clinics are run from Mondays to Fridays with an average of 40 patients daily. The Korlebu Teaching Hospital is a tertiary referral centre in Accra and runs a cardiology clinic once a week with an average attendance of 50 patients. |
| Mozambique | Maputo Central Hospital | It is the university hospital of the faculty ofMedicine of Eduardo Mondlane University. The people who are anticoagulated are followed in the cardiology outpatient clinic. |
| Nigeria | The University College Hospital, Ibadan | This is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Ibadan. Patients on VKA attend the anticoagulation clinic of the Haematology Department. |
| The Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe | A tertiary hospital in the north-eastern Nigeria Patients on VKA, often for Valvular AF, attend the once-weekly Cardiology clinic. | |
| Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital | This is a tertiary-level m public hospital in Kano. Patients attend the cardiology clinic once weekly. | |
| The Cardia Heart Clinic, Kano | This is a privately-owned cardiology clinic in Kano. VKA services run daily. | |
| University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu | The National Centre for Cardiothoracic Medicine and Surgery in Enugu has an anticoagulation clinic that runs twice weekly. | |
| The Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. | Patients on VKA attends the Cardiology outpatient clinic once weekly. | |
| University of Uyo Teaching Hospital (UUTH) | UUTH is a tertiary-level multispeciality public hospital in Uyo, Nigeria. The study will be conducted at the cardiology outpatient clinics that runs twice a week. | |
| University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital | A teaching hospital with weekly VKA service in the medical outpatient clinic on Tuesdays. | |
| Goodheart Medical Consultants | This is a private facility in the heart of Port Harcourt that has VKA services every day of the week. | |
| Tanzania | Bugando Medical Cantre (BMC) | BMC is a regional referral and university teaching hospital in Mwanza. Patients on VKA attend the haematology and cardiology outpatient clinics. |
| Muhimbili National Hospital (MNH) | MNH is a national and teaching hospital for Muhimbili university of health and allied sciences. The anticoagulation clinic is housed within the Department of Haematology and Blood Transfusion and runs once per week. | |
| South Africa | Thelle Mogoerane (formerly Natalspruit) Regional Hospital. | The hospital is situated in Vosloorus in the South sub-district of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa. The hospital offers several services, including family medicine and primary care. |
| Tambo Memorial Regional Hospital—Boksburg | The hospital is situated in Boksburg in the North sub-district of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, linked to the University of Witwatersrand medical school in Johannesburg. | |
| Groote Schuur Hospital | A tertiary academic hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. The hospital has an anticoagulation clinic . |
AF, Atrial fibrillation; BMC, Bugando Medical Cantre ; DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo; MNH, Muhimbili National Hospital; PMH, Princess Marina Hospital; UUTH, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital ; VKA, Vitamin K-dependent anticoagulant.