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The effectiveness of public health interventions to reduce the health impact of climate change:a systematic review of systematic reviews [PDF]

, 2013
Climate change is likely to be one of the most important threats to public health in the coming years. Yet despite the large number of papers considering the health impact of climate change, few have considered what public health interventions may be of ...
A Bouchama, A Croft, AJ McMichael, BF Arnold, BR Murphy, C Baker-Austin, C Gamble, C Heintze, C Savage, CE Lawrance, D Kay, D Zmirou, DE Bowler, DJ Rogers, E Esu, EN Naumova, FC Curriero, FO ter Kuile, G Nichols, GA Romero, GH Guyatt, H Balshem, H Nakato, H Paerl, HL Risebro, HW Choi, HY Richardson, IR Lake, IR Lake, J Carmona-Fonseca, J Keiser, JC Semenza, K Ohtomo, KK Ballenger-Browning, KL Bassil, L Fewtrell, Lee Hooper, M Hashizume, M Hashizume, MA Luque Fernandez, Maha Bouzid, MK van Aalst, Monica da Silva Nunes, MS Islam, N Al-Muhandis, N Siva, P Reiter, Paul R. Hunter, PM Graves, PR Hunter, PR Hunter, PR Hunter, PR Hunter, RF Baggaley, RM Elliott, RS Kovats, RS Kovats, RS Kovats, S Gundry, S Paz, S Warshafsky, SE Hrudey, T Clasen, TE Erlanger, TP Eisele, V Abrahamson, WP Schmidt, X Wang   +67 more
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Incorporating scale dependence in disease burden estimates:the case of human African trypanosomiasis in Uganda [PDF]

, 2014
The WHO has established the disability-adjusted life year (DALY) as a metric for measuring the burden of human disease and injury globally. However, most DALY estimates have been calculated as national totals. We mapped spatial variation in the burden of
B Bucheton, BM Swallow, C Burri, C Nimmo, C Schmid, CD Mathers, CJL Murray, CJL Murray, CJL Murray, D Engels, D Malvy, E Hasker, EM Fèvre, EM Fèvre, EM Fèvre, EM Fèvre, Eric Fèvre, F Chappuis, F Checchi, F Checchi, F Checchi, Finola Hackett, G Priotto, I Kuepfer, J Robays, JA Fox-Rushby, JA Salomon, JA Salomon, JD Kabasa, Joseph Mathu Ndung'u, K Picozzi, L Berrang Ford, L Conteh, LE Matemba, Lea Berrang Ford, LM MacLean, M Balasegaram, M Boelaert, M Odiit, M Odiit, M Odiit, P Cattand, P Lutumba, P Lutumba, Pere Simarro, PJ Hotez, PP Simarro, PP Simarro, PP Simarro, PP Simarro, PR Torgerson, R Brun, RS Cooper, S Aksoy, SC Welburn, SC Welburn, SC Welburn, V Jamonneau   +57 more
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Improved and standardized method for assessing years lived with disability after burns and its application to estimate the non-fatal burden of disease of burn injuries in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands [PDF]

, 2020
Background: Burden of disease estimates are an important resource in public health. Currently, robust estimates are not available for the burn population.
Baar, Margriet E. van, Edgar, Dale W., Loey, Nancy E. E. Van, Middelkoop, Esther, Moi, Asgjerd L., Orwelius, Lotti, Renneberg, Babette, Spronk, Inge, Wood, Fiona M., Öster, Caisa   +9 more
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Future and potential spending on health 2015-40: development assistance for health, and government, prepaid private, and out-of-pocket health spending in 184 countries. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: The amount of resources, particularly prepaid resources, available for health can affect access to health care and health outcomes. Although health spending tends to increase with economic development, tremendous variation exists among health
Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network
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Nations within a nation: variations in epidemiological transition across the states of India, 1990-2016 in the Global Burden of Disease Study. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: 18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population health in India requires availability of reliable and comprehensive state ...
India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Collaborators
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Estimating the burden of disease attributable to household air pollution from cooking with solid fuels in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Household air pollution (HAP) due to the use of solid fuels for cooking is a global problem with significant impacts on human health, especially in low- and middle-income countries. HAP remains problematic in South Africa (SA).
R A Roomaney, C Y Wright, E Cairncross, N Abdelatif, A Cois, E B Turawa, O F Owotiwon, I Neethling, B Nojilana, R Pacella, D Bradshaw, V Pillay-van Wyk   +11 more
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Disease Burden of Congenital Toxoplasmosis [PDF]

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2007
Although the outcomes of toxoplasmosis have been well documented, an integrated estimate of the impact of this infection on the health status of the population is not available. "Disability-adjusted life years" are the sum of years of life lost and years lived with disability, weighted for the severity of the illness.
Havelaar, AHrivm, Kemmeren, JMrivm, Kortbeek, LMrivm   +2 more
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Prevalence of multimorbidity in South Africa: a systematic review protocol

BMJ Open, 2020
Introduction Multimorbidity has increased globally over the past two decades, due to ageing populations and increased burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Brian van Wyk, Rifqah A Roomaney, Eunice Bolanle Turawa, Victoria Pillay-van Wyk   +3 more
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Type 1 diabetes [PDF]

, 2018
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune disease characterised by insulin deficiency and resultant hyperglycaemia. Knowledge of type 1 diabetes has rapidly increased over the past 25 years, resulting in a broad understanding about many aspects of the ...
DiMeglio, Linda A., Evans-Molina, Carmella, Oram, Richard A.   +2 more
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Mortality trends and differentials in South Africa from 1997 to 2012: second National Burden of Disease Study

The Lancet Global Health, 2016
Background: The poor health of South Africans is known to be associated with a quadruple disease burden. In the second National Burden of Disease (NBD) study, we aimed to analyse cause of death data for 1997–2012 and develop national, population group ...
Dr. Victoria Pillay-van Wyk, PhD, William Msemburi, MPhil, Ria Laubscher, BCom, Prof. Rob E Dorrington, MPhil, Pam Groenewald, MBCHB, Tracy Glass, BCom Hons, Beatrice Nojilana, MPH, Jané D Joubert, PhD, Richard Matzopoulos, PhD, Megan Prinsloo, MPH, Nadine Nannan, MSc, Nomonde Gwebushe, BSc Hons, Theo Vos, PhD, Nontuthuzelo Somdyala, MDS, Nomfuneko Sithole, MPH, Ian Neethling, MSc, Edward Nicol, PhD, Anastasia Rossouw, FC (Neurol) SA, Debbie Bradshaw, DPhil   +18 more
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