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Demographic and Epidemiological Transition in Africa

Tropical Doctor, 1978
Experts from Cameroon Dahomey Gambia Ghana Upper Volta Kenya Liberia Madagascar Nigeria Central African Republic Mali Senegal Sierra Leone Tanzania Togo Uganda and Zambia met in September 1970 at a conference convened by the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Epidemiological transition in Morocco (1960-2015)

Médecine et Santé Tropicales, 2018
Morocco is undergoing the third phase of its epidemiological transition. Mortality indicators have declined significantly. Life expectancy at birth has increased by 23 years over this 55-year study period. The total fertility rate has dropped from 7.06 in 1960 to 2.89 in 2015. The country is going through the epidemiological transition characterized by
S, Chadli, N, Taqarort, B, El Houate, S, Oulkheir   +3 more
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[From epidemiological transition to health transition].

Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial, 2008
The "Epidemiological Transition" concept proposed by Abdel Omran in 1971 was the first theory attempting to explain the extraordinary progess that industrialized countries have achieved in health since the 18th century. Within the broader framework of the demographic transition, an important implication of this concept was that life expectancy in ...
F, Meslé, J, Vallin
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The Epidemiologic Transition Theory. A Preliminary Update

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 1983
The theory of epidemiologic transition is an application of epidemiologic inference and interpretation to population dynamics. The theory focuses on the complex changes in the patterns of health and disease and their demographic socioeconomic and ecobiologic determinants and consequences in the various population groups.
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The Politics and Epidemiology of Transition

JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2014
As South Africa (SA) and the US craft a new political relationship on AIDS, the stakes of success have never been higher. SA remains the country with the largest HIV epidemic in the world; yet, new science shows that an aggressive response could enable an epidemiologic transition, cutting HIV incidence and substantially improving overall population ...
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Transition for Epidemiology

Epidemiology, 2001
Kenneth J. Rothman, Cristina I. Cann, Janet M. Lang   +2 more
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Epidemiologic Transition

2021
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Epidemiological Transitions: Anthropological and Epidemiological Viewpoints

The Epidemiological Transition Theory as described by Omran in 1971 is a starting point for anthropological investigations in the history of human health. Here, Omran’s concept of a three-stage epidemiological transition is evaluated from an anthropological viewpoint.
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Epidemiological Transition

2009
K. McCracken, D.R. Phillips
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[The epidemiological transition in The Netherlands].

Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 1993
To assess the differences in the pattern of mortality by sex, age and cause of death between 1875-1879 and 1970 for the Netherlands, and the contribution of different causes of death to the decrease of total mortality between these periods.Mortality data for 1875-1879 were extracted from one of the first publications after the start of the national ...
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