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Rapid mortality surveillance using a national population register to monitor excess deaths during SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in South Africa

Genus, 2021
This paper describes how an up-to-date national population register recording deaths by age and sex, whether deaths were due to natural or unnatural causes, and the offices at which the deaths were recorded can be used to monitor excess death during the ...
Rob E. Dorrington, Tom A. Moultrie, Ria Laubscher, Pam J. Groenewald, Debbie Bradshaw   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to smoking in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Ongoing quantification of the disease burden attributable to smoking is important to monitor and strengthen tobacco control policies. Objectives.
P Groenewald, R Pacella, F Sitas, O F Awotiwon, N Vellios, C J van Rensburg, S Manda, R Laubscher, B Nojilana, J D Joubert, D Labadarios, L Ayo-Yusuf, R A Roomaney, E B Turawa, I Neethling, N Abdelatif, V Pillay-van Wyk, D Bradshaw   +17 more
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Service delivery models that promote linkages to PrEP for adolescent girls and young women and men in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

BMJ Open, 2023
Background Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an emerging biomedical prevention intervention. Documenting PrEP service delivery models (SDMs) that promote linkage to and continuation of PrEP will inform guidelines and maximise roll-out.Objectives To ...
Witness Chirinda, Trisha Ramraj, Ferdinand C Mukumbang, Edward Nicol, Catherine Mathews, Babalwa Zani, Wisdom Basera, Mbuzeleni Hlongwa, Kim Jonas, Ngcwalisa Jama, Tracy McClinton Appollis, Darshini Govindasamy, Eunice B Turawa   +12 more
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Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to iron deficiency in South Africa, 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Worldwide, iron deficiency, and consequent iron-deficiency anaemia, remains the most common nutritional disorder. Iron-deficiency anaemia mostly affects young children and women of reproductive age, especially in Asia and Africa.
O F Awotiwon, A Cois, R Pacella, E B Turawa, M A Dhansay, L Stuijvenberg, D Labadarios, R A Roomaney, I Neethling, B Nojilana, N Abdelatif, D Bradshaw, V Pillay-van Wyk   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pathogen burden and cortisol profiles over the day [PDF]

, 2009
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) regulation in adults is influenced by early psychosocial adversity, but the role of infectious disease history is poorly understood.
Bergstrom, S, Gylfe, A, Henderson, B, Shamaei-Tousi, A, Steptoe, A   +4 more
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Multimorbidity in South Africa: a systematic review of prevalence studies

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To review prevalence studies of multimorbidity in South Africa to identify prevalence estimates, common disease clusters and factors associated with multimorbidity.Design Systematic review.Setting South Africa (general community and healthcare
Brian van Wyk, Eunice Bolanle Turawa, Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inequity in the Distribution of Non-Communicable Disease Multimorbidity in Adults in South Africa: An Analysis of Prevalence and Patterns

International Journal of Public Health, 2022
Objectives: The present study examined the prevalence and patterns of non-communicable disease multimorbidity by wealth quintile among adults in South Africa.Methods: The South African National Income Dynamics Study Wave 5 was conducted in 2017 to ...
R. A. Roomaney, R. A. Roomaney, B. van Wyk, A. Cois, A. Cois, V. Pillay-van Wyk   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Careful planning required for the transition to electronic cause of death registration

South African Medical Journal
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N Nannan, P Groenewald , D Bradshaw , R Matzopoulos   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cerebral Amyloid and Hypertension are Independently Associated with White Matter Lesions in Elderly. [PDF]

, 2015
In cognitively normal (CN) elderly individuals, white matter hyperintensities (WMH) are commonly viewed as a marker of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD).
Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Braskie, Meredith N, Carmichael, Owen T, DeCarli, Charles, Scott, Julia A, Thompson, Paul M, Tosun, Duygu, Weiner, Michael   +7 more
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Burden of disease from inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene in low- and middle-income settings: a retrospective analysis of data from 145 countries [PDF]

, 2014
objective To estimate the burden of diarrhoeal diseases from exposure to inadequate water, sanitation and hand hygiene in low- and middle-income settings and provide an overview of the impact on other diseases. methods For estimating the impact of water,
Bartram, Jamie, Bonjour, Sofie, Bruce, Gordon, Cairncross, Sandy, Clasen, Tom, Colford Jr, John, Cumming, Oliver, Curtis, Val, Dangour, Alan, De France, Jennifer, Fewtrell, Lorna, Freeman, Matthew, Hunter, Paul, Johnston, Richard, Mathers, Colin, Medlicott, Kate, Mäusezahl, Daniel, Neira, Maria, Prüss-Ustün, Annette, Stocks, Meredith, Wolf, Jennyfer   +20 more
core   +4 more sources