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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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Baltic Region, 2022 This article aims to identify the main demographic development trends and features observed in the Kaliningrad region from a historical perspective and assess the extent to which the region’s demographic development corresponds to the national model ...
Dmitrii V. Mankevich
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundChina's rapid economic and social development since the early 2000s has caused significant shifts in its epidemiological transition, potentially leading to health disparities across regions.ObjectivesThis study employs Life Expectancy (LE) to ...
Leyi Zhang, Leyi Zhang, Lijuan Sun
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Migration and the epidemiological transition: insights from the Agincourt sub-district of northeast South Africa [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2014 Background: Migration and urbanization are central to sustainable development and health, but data on temporal trends in defined populations are scarce.
Mark A. Collinson +7 more
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Journal of Public Health and Primary Care, 2021 Economic growth is not an essential prelude to better health as some countries like Sri Lanka and the Indian state of Kerala have shown. Progressive social policies and investments in the social sector have helped some of these countries in the past ...
Shaffi Fazaludeen Koya +3 more
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International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases, 2021 Background: The epidemiological transition model, coined by Abdel Omran in 1971, building on the demographic transition theory developed by Frank Notestein in 1945, has been largely credited for describing epidemiological situations both globally and ...
Prosper Nyabani
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The fifth most prevalent disease is being neglected by public health organisations [PDF]
, 2018 The progress towards reduction of global mortality has produced an epidemiological transition towards non-fatal diseases, which challenge the ability of the world’s population to live in full health.
Andersson, L +3 more
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Mortality in Russia: the second epidemiological revolution that never was
Демографическое обозрение, 2017 The article looks at different approaches to the conceptualization of the modern stage of mortality reduction (the "new stages” of the epidemiological transition, "the second epidemiological revolution”, the “health transition”).
Anatoly Vishnevsky
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Epidemiologic aspects: Lost in transition [PDF]
Epilepsia, 2014 SummaryPopulation‐based studies focusing on the long‐term prognosis of childhood‐onset epilepsy show that despite seizure remission in 70–80% of cases, cognitive, behavioral and psychosocial complications are common and will require management and monitoring in adulthood.
Ettore, Beghi +2 more
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