Understanding epidemiological transition in India [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2014 Background: Omran's theory explains changing disease patterns over time predominantly from infectious to chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). India's epidemiological transition is characterized by dual burden of diseases.
Suryakant Yadav, Perianayagam Arokiasamy
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Long-term trends in seasonality of mortality in urban Madagascar: the role of the epidemiological transition [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2020 Background: Seasonal patterns of mortality have been identified in Sub-Saharan Africa but their changes over time are not well documented. Objective: Based on death notification data from Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, this study assesses ...
Benjamin-Samuel Schlüter +3 more
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Epidemiological transition and double burden of diseases in low-income countries: the case of Mozambique [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020 Epidemiological transition theory aims to describe changes in epidemiological scenarios at the global and national level. The assumption is the shift from infectious diseases (IDs) to non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
Fausto Ciccacci +3 more
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Does rapid urbanization aggravate health disparities? Reflections on the epidemiological transition in Pune, India [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2014 Background: Rapid urbanization in low- and middle-income countries reinforces risk and epidemiological transition in urban societies, which are characterized by high socioeconomic gradients.
Mareike Kroll +2 more
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Progression of the epidemiological transition in a rural South African setting: findings from population surveillance in Agincourt, 1993–2013 [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2017 Background Virtually all low- and middle-income countries are undergoing an epidemiological transition whose progression is more varied than experienced in high-income countries.
Chodziwadziwa W. Kabudula +6 more
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Editorial: Tackling non-communicable diseases and epidemiological transition in low- and middle-income countries [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthAnnamari Doro Altan +2 more
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The epidemiological transition and its interpretations
Демографическое обозрение, 2021 A critical analysis of A. Omran's theory of epidemiological transition (ET) and its various interpretations. The periodization of ET proposed by Omran is questioned, and the differentiation of the two "epidemiological revolutions" by M.
Anatoly Vishnevsky
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Annals of Global Health, 2023 Background: The burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) is rapidly increasing globally, and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear the brunt of it. Tanzania is no exception. Addressing the rising burden of NCDs in this context calls for renewed
Harrieth P. Ndumwa +19 more
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The epidemiological transition in Antananarivo, Madagascar: an assessment based on death registers (1900–2012) [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2014 Background: Madagascar today has one of the highest life expectancies in sub-Saharan Africa, despite being among the poorest countries in the continent.
Bruno Masquelier +4 more
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Mortality and Epidemiological Transition of the Lithuanian Population in 1849–1921
Sociologija: Mintis ir Veiksmas, 2022 With the modernization of societies, mortality is one of the key factors in the process of population change. Mortality since the middle of the 20th century in Lithuania has been widely studied in various aspects. However, the previous historical period
Dovilė Bugienė
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