“…Individual country burden of tinea capitis has been published for several countries through the Leading International Fungal Education (LIFE) project 58 . In this project, for example, the estimated burden of tinea capitis in Ethiopia (Eastern Africa), Senegal (Western Africa), Namibia (Southern Africa), Republic of Congo (Central Africa) and Algeria (Northern Africa) compared to the present study was 7,051,700 vs 12,016,000, 59 1,523,700 vs 1,806,000, 60 53,000 vs 241,000, 61 178,000 vs 580,000 62 and 4,265 vs 3,316,000, 63 respectively. The differences in the estimated burden of tinea capitis in these two forms of studies could be due to the few studies included in the individual country burden and the lack of epidemiological data in most countries in Africa.…”