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Trends in smoking prevalence in South Africa for 1998 - 2014 - overcoming the challenge of multiple data sources

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background Monitoring prevalence of smoking is essential for evaluating the impact of national tobacco control policies. This study aims to estimate national pooled smoking prevalence trends over a 16 year period for adult South Africans.
Charl Janse van Rensburg, Pam Groenewald, Oluwatoyin Awotiwon, Beatrice Nojilana, Jane Joubert, Victoria Pillay van-Wyk, Debbie Bradshaw, Samuel Manda   +7 more
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Overview

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. South Africa (SA) faces multiple health challenges. Quantifying the contribution of modifiable risk factors can be used to identify and prioritise areas of concern for population health and opportunities for health promotion and ...
D Bradshaw, V Pillay van-Wyk, I Neethling, R A Roomaney, A Cois, J D Joubert, N Nannan, N Abdelatief, O F Awotiwon, E B Turawa, B Nojilana, P Groenewald, R Matzopoulos, M Prinsloo, E Cairncross, C Y Wright, N Peer, R Pacella, on behalf of the SACRA2 collaborative group   +18 more
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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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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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Observing Huntington's disease: the European Huntington's Disease Network's REGISTRY. [PDF]

, 2010
The unparalleled collection of clinical data and biomaterials within the EHDN's REGISTRY can expedite the search for disease modifiers (genetic and environmental) of age at onset and disease progression that could be harnessed for the development of ...
Handley, Olivia J, Landwehrmeyer, G Bernhard, Aileen K Ho, Bisson, Jonathan Ian, Schwenke C, David Craufurd, Dunnett, Stephen B., Handley, Olivia, Investigators of the European Huntington's Disease Network, The, DI MARIA, EMILIO, Craufurd D, Dunnett, SB, Carsten Schwenke, the investigators of the European Huntington's Disease Network, Craufurd, David, Edward Wild, Landwehrmeyer, GB, Busse, Monica, Rosser, Anne Elizabeth, Olivia J Handley, Romano Silvia., Tabrizi SJ, Ho, Aileen K., Wild, E, Landwehrmeyer GB, Craufurd, D, Tabrizi, SJ, Tabrizi, Sarah J., Handley, OJ, Rickards, Hugh, Dunnett, Stephen, Ho, Aileen K, Orth, Michael, Ho, AK, Wild, Edward, Stephen B. Dunnett, Sarah J Tabrizi, Wild, EJ, Landwehrmeyer, G. Bernhard, Naji, Jenny, Landwehrmeyer, G. Bernhard, Wild E, Investigators of the European Huntington's Disease Network, Handley, Olivia J., Orth, M, Ellison-Rose, Lynda, Tabrizi, Sarah J, Price, Kathleen, Ho AK, ABBRUZZESE, GIOVANNI, Schwenke, C, Ho, A, Orth M, Handley OJ, Schwenke, Carsten, Dunnett SB, Dunnett, Stephen B, Michael Orth, G. Bernhard Landwehrmeyer   +59 more
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Tuberculosis remains the leading cause of death attributed to smoking in South Africa: results from the South African death certificate study

Tobacco Induced Diseases, 2018
Background The question 'Was the deceased a smoker five years ago?' was introduced in mid-1997 on a revised South African death notification form to provide a direct estimate of tobacco attributed mortality, using a case-control method for ongoing ...
Pam Groenewald, Ria Laubscher, Victoria Pillay van Wyck, William Msemburi, Debbie Bradshaw, Freddy Sitas   +5 more
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Reflections on the global burden of disease 2010 estimates. [PDF]

, 2013
Peter Byass and colleagues raise questions about the recent, high-profile Global Burden of Disease estimates.
Zaba, B, Tollman, Stephen M, de Courten, Maximilian, Lucie Laflamme, Stephen M Tollman, de, Courten M, McCaw-Binns, A, Laflamme, Lucie, Osman A Sankoh, Affette McCaw-Binns, Byass, P, Tollman, SM, Maximilian de Courten, Wendy J Graham, Sankoh, Osman A, Graham, WJ, Byass, Peter, Zaba, Basia, Peter Byass, Laflamme, L,, McCaw-Binns, Affette, Graham, Wendy J, Tollman, Stephen M,, Byass, Peter,, Sankoh, OA, Basia Zaba, Laflamme, L   +26 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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Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to low levels of physical activity in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Physical activity is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular outcomes, certain cancers and diabetes. The previous South African Comparative Risk Assessment (SACRA1) study assessed the attributable burden of low physical activity for ...
I Neethling, E V Lambert, A Cois, R A Roomaney, O F Awotiwon, R Pacella, D Bradshaw, V Pillay-van Wyk   +7 more
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Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to unsafe water and lack of sanitation and hygiene in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. The incidence of diarrhoeal disease is closely linked to socioeconomic and environmental factors, household practices and access to health services.
N Nannan, I Neethling, A Cois, R Laubscher, E B Turawa, R Pacella, D Bradshaw, V Pillay-van Wyk   +7 more
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