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The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: results from a demographic surveillance system. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: With increasing urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa and poor economic performance, the growth of slums is unavoidable. About 71% of urban residents in Kenya live in slums. Slums are characteristically unplanned, underserved by social services,
Kyobutungi, Catherine, Catherine Kyobutungi, Ezeh, Alex, Alex Ezeh, Ezeh Alex, Ziraba Abdhalah, Kyobutungi Catherine, Abdhalah Kasiira Ziraba, Yazoumé Yé, Yé Yazoumé, Ziraba, Abdhalah Kasiira, Yé, Yazoumé   +11 more
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Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high body mass index in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. A high body mass index (BMI) is associated with several cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and chronic kidney disease, cancers, and other selected health conditions. Objectives.
D Bradshaw, J D Joubert, N Abdelatief, A Cois, E B Turawa, O F Awotiwon, R A Roomaney, I Neethling, R Pacella, V Pillay van-Wyk   +9 more
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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
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Estimating the changing disease burden attributable to raised low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) is the most important contributor to atherosclerosis, a causal factor for ischaemic heart disease (IHD) and ischaemic stroke.
I Neethling, N Peer, A Cois, B Nojilana, R Pacella, D Bradshaw, V Pillay van-Wyk   +6 more
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The burden of disease and injury in the United States 1996. [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: Burden of disease studies have been implemented in many countries using the Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY) to assess major health problems.
Bulzacchelli, Maria T, Bulzacchelli, Maria T., Kreiser, Jessica Gaber, Joshua A Salomon, Hogan Mollie, Niels Tomijima, McKenna, Matthew T., Murray, Christopher, Jessica Gaber Kreiser, Salomon, Joshua A., Ezzati, Majid, McKenna, Matthew T, Christopher JL Murray, Hogan, Mollie, Gaber Kreiser Jessica, Meghna Majmudar, Stephen Begg, Begg Stephen, Maria T Bulzacchelli, Majmudar Meghna, Salomon, Joshua, Murray Christopher JL, Matthew T McKenna, Majid Ezzati, Gaber Kreiser, Jessica, Shahul Ebrahim, Bulzacchelli Maria T, Michaud, Catherine M, Majmudar, Meghna, Mollie Hogan, Ebrahim, Shahul, Michaud, Catherine M ., Catherine M Michaud, Ezzati Majid, Tomijima Niels, Michaud, Catherine, Murray, Christopher J. L., Michaud Catherine M, Tomijima, Niels, Murray, Christopher JL, Salomon, Joshua A, Ebrahim Shahul, Bulzacchelli, Maria, McKenna, Matthew, Begg, Stephen, Salomon Joshua A, McKenna Matthew T   +46 more
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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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Global and regional burden of first-ever ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke during 1990-2010 : findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 [PDF]

, 2013
Funding: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Background: The burden of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke varies between regions and over time. With differences in prognosis, prevalence of risk factors, and treatment strategies, knowledge of stroke ...
Dis, GB, Bennett, DA, Lawes, C.M.M., Anderson, L., Prof. Ralph L Sacco, MD, Thomas Truelsen, MD, Naghavi, Mohsen, Mensah, George A, Murray, C, Prof. Mohsen Naghavi, MD, Wenzhi Wang, PhD, Witt, Emma, Ezzati, M, Witt, E, Anderson, Laurie M., Mensah, G.A., Shinohara, Yukito, Mensah, GA, Feigin, VL, Anderson, LM, Feigin, Valery L, O'Donnell, M., Krishnamurthi, R, Krishnamurthi, R.V., Sacco, Ralph L, Prof. Mohammad H Forouzanfar, MD, Sacco, R.L., Prof. Valery L Feigin, MD, Bennett, D.A., O'Donnell, Martin, Ezzati, Majid, 2010, RFS2G, Krishnamurthi, Rita, Moran, AE, Krishnamurthi, Rita V, Naghavi, M, Forouzanfar, Mohammad H, A Mensah, George, Wang, W, Anderson, Laurie, Ezzati, M., Derrick A Bennett, PhD, Anderson, L, M Anderson, Laurie, Connor, Myles, Forouzanfar, MH, Truelsen, T., Moran, A.E., M M Lawes, Carlene, Emma Witt, MSc, Anderson, Laurie M, Truelsen, T, Wang, Wenzhi, H Forouzanfar, Mohammad, E Moran, Andrew, Lawes, CMM, L Feigin, Valery, Krishnamurthi, R., Barker-Collo, S., Forouzanfar, M.H., Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, MBBS, Murray, C., Bennett, Derrick, Prof. Majid Ezzati, PhD, Carlene M M Lawes, MBChB, Venketasubramanian, N, Bennett, Derrick A, Rita V Krishnamurthi, PhD, Sacco, RL, Shinohara, Y, Krishnamurthi, RV, Naghavi, M., Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy, Lawes, Carlene M M, Feigin, V.L., Witt, E., Connor, M, O'Donnell, M, Barker-Collo, S, GBD Stroke Experts Group, Moran, Andrew E, Prof. Suzanne Barker-Collo, PhD, Laurie M Anderson, PhD, L Sacco, Ralph, O’Donnell, Martin, Truelsen, Thomas, Murray, Christopher, The Lancet Global Health. Volume 1, Issue 5, November 2013, Pages e259–e281, Prof. Andrew E Moran, MD, Barker-Collo, Suzanne, Venketasubramanian, N., Grp, GSE, A Bennett, Derrick, Lawes, CM, Prof. Martin O'Donnell, PhD, Yukito Shinohara, MD, Myles Connor, MBBCh, V Krishnamurthi, Rita, George A Mensah, MD, Wang, W., Connor, M., Shinohara, Y., Prof. Christopher Murray, MD   +102 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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The burden of cardiovascular disease and cancer attributable to low fruit and vegetable intake in the European Union: differences between old and new Member States. [PDF]

, 2006
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the burden of disease attributable to low fruit and vegetable intake in the 15 countries that were members of the European Union (EU) before May 2004 (EU-15) and the 10 countries that then joined it (EU-10).
Pomerleau, Joceline, McKee, Martin, Lock, Karen   +2 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
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