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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Nations within a nation: variations in epidemiological transition across the states of India, 1990-2016 in the Global Burden of Disease Study. [PDF]
Lancet, 2017 Summary Background 18% of the world's population lives in India, and many states of India have populations similar to those of large countries. Action to effectively improve population health in India requires availability of reliable and comprehensive ...
India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Collaborators.
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Epidemiological transition in morbidity: 10-year data from emergency consultations in Dakar, Senegal. [PDF]
BMJ Glob Health, 2019 Background It is thought that low-income countries are undergoing an epidemiological transition from infectious to non-communicable diseases; however, this phenomenon is yet to be examined with long-term data on morbidity.
Gaye B +12 more
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Modeling the hepatitis A epidemiological transition in Brazil and Mexico. [PDF]
Hum Vaccin Immunother, 2017 Background: Many low- to middle-income countries have completed or are in the process of transitioning from high or intermediate to low endemicity for hepatitis A virus (HAV). Because the risk of severe hepatitis A disease increases with age at infection,
Van Effelterre T +4 more
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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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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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Economic growth, longevity and the epidemiological transition [PDF]
European Journal of Health Economics, 2004 This paper integrates investments in health to a standard growth model where physical and human capital investments are the combined engines of growth. It shows the existence of two distinct health regimes separated by an "epidemiological transition." The various patterns of this transition identified in the epidemiological literature can be mapped ...
Olivier F Morand
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Lancet, The, 2015 Summary Background The Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013) aims to bring together all available epidemiological data using a coherent measurement framework, standardised estimation methods, and transparent data sources to enable comparisons of
George Patton, Alireza Esteghamati
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Epidemiological Transition of End-Stage Kidney Disease in Oman. [PDF]
Kidney Int Rep, 2017 Introduction The number of persons receiving renal replacement therapy (RRT) is estimated at more than 2.5 million worldwide, and is growing by 8% annually.
Al Ismaili F +6 more
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Obesity in Mexico: rapid epidemiological transition and food industry interference in health policies. [PDF]
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol, 2020 Barquera S, Rivera JA.
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