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Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high systolic blood pressure in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Ongoing quantification of trends in high blood pressure and the consequent disease impact are crucial for monitoring and decision-making. This is particularly relevant in South Africa (SA) where hypertension is well-established.
B Nojilana, N Peer, N Abdelatif, A Cois, A E Schutte, D Labadarios, E B Turuwa, R A Roomaney, O F Awotiwon, I Neethling, R A Roomaney, V Pillay-van Wyk, D Bradshaw   +12 more
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Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high sodium intake in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. Elevated sodium consumption is associated with increased blood pressure, a major risk factor for cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease. Objectives.
B Nojilana, N Abdelatif, A Cois, A E Schutte, E Wentzel-Viljoen, E B Turuwa, R A Roomaney, O F Awotiwon, I Neethling, R Pacella, V Pillay-van Wyk, D Bradshaw   +11 more
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Future and potential spending on health 2015-40: development assistance for health, and government, prepaid private, and out-of-pocket health spending in 184 countries. [PDF]

, 2017
BACKGROUND: The amount of resources, particularly prepaid resources, available for health can affect access to health care and health outcomes. Although health spending tends to increase with economic development, tremendous variation exists among health
Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network
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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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Overview

South African Medical Journal, 2022
Background. South Africa (SA) faces multiple health challenges. Quantifying the contribution of modifiable risk factors can be used to identify and prioritise areas of concern for population health and opportunities for health promotion and ...
D Bradshaw, V Pillay van-Wyk, I Neethling, R A Roomaney, A Cois, J D Joubert, N Nannan, N Abdelatief, O F Awotiwon, E B Turawa, B Nojilana, P Groenewald, R Matzopoulos, M Prinsloo, E Cairncross, C Y Wright, N Peer, R Pacella, on behalf of the SACRA2 collaborative group   +18 more
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The global burden of cancer 2013 global burden of disease cancer collaboration [PDF]

, 2015
Importance Cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. Current estimates of cancer burden in individual countries and regions are necessary to inform local cancer control strategies. Objective To estimate mortality, incidence, years lived with
Abera, SF, Al, A, Ali, R, Allen, C, Alsharif, U, Amare, AT, Antonio, CA, Beardsley, J, Breitborde, N, Campos, I, Cardenas, R, Carpenter, DO, Castaneda-Orjuela, C, Catala-Lopez, F, Cooke, GS, Cowie, B, Dandona, L, Dandona, R, De Leo, D, Dellavalle, R, Deribe, K, DeVeber, G, Dey, S, Dicker, D, Driscoll, T, Eshrati, B, Esteghamati, A, Fereshtehnejad, S-M, Fitzmaurice, C, Forouzanfar, M, Franklin, RC, Geleijnse, J, Gessner, BD, Gotay, C, Green, M, Hafezi-Nejad, N, Hamadeh, RR, Hamavid, H, Hankey, GJ, Hansen, G, Hay, R, Hosgood, HD, Jacobsen, KH, Jin, KY, Jonas, JB, Karimkhani, C, Kazi, DS, Kereselidze, M, Khan, G, Kim, D, Knibbs, L, Krueger, H, Kumar, GA, Leasher, JL, Leigh, J, Li, Y, Lopez, A, Lotufo, PA, Lozano, R, Lucas, R, Lunevicius, R, MacLachlan, J, Maclntyre, MF, Malekzadeh, R, Marcenes, WS, McMahon, B, Mekonnen, W, Melaku, YA, Mills, E, Mokdad, A, Monasta, L, Montico, M, Moore, A, Moradi-Lakeh, M, Mueller, U, Murray, C, Murthy, K, Naghavi, M, Naldi, L, Nash, D, Nolte, S, Oh, I-H, Pain, A, Park, E-K, Patten, S, Pereira, DM, Petzold, M, Plass, D, Pourmalek, F, Rahimi-Movaghar, V, Rojas-Rueda, D, Ronfani, L, Roy, N, Salomon, JA, Sanabria, J, Santos, IS, Schwebel, DC, Sepanlou, SG, Sheikhbahaei, S, Shibuya, K, Shiue, I, Shrime, MG, Simard, EP, Singh, J, Soreide, K, Sreeramareddy, CT, Takahashi, K, Te Ao, B, Thurston, GD, Tillmann, T, Tonelli, M, Trillini, M, Ukwaja, KN, Van Gool, CH, Vasankari, T, Violante, F, Vlassov, VV, Vollset, SE, Vos, T, Wang, H, Weichenthal, S, Weintraub, R, Werdecker, A, Westerman, R, Williams, HC, Wolfe, C, Woodbrook, R, Yano, Y, Yip, P, Yonemoto, N, Younis, M, Yu, C   +131 more
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Burden of oral disorders, 1990–2019: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

Archives of Medical Science, 2023
Introduction The aim of this study was to understand the global incidence and disability-adjusted life years (DALY) of oral disorders by age, gender, region, and Sociodemographic Index (SDI) from 1990 to 2019.
Chengwei Tu, Gege Wang, Zhangyi Hu, Shuyu Wang, Qianqian Yan, Xueying Liu   +5 more
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The journey from genetic predisposition to medication overuse headache to its acquisition as sequela of chronic migraine [PDF]

, 2018
Migraine remains one of the biggest clinical case to be solved among the non-communicable diseases, second to low back pain for disability caused as reported by the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016.
Martelletti, Paolo
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Estimating the burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution (ambient PM2.5 and ambient ozone) in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012

South African Medical Journal, 2022
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R A Roomaney, E Cairncross, M Tesfaye, T Kapwata, N Abdelatif, C Olivier, K Mathibela, A Cois, I Neethling, J Botai, E B Turawa, O F Awotiwon, K Chetty, B Nojilana, C Y Wright, R Pacella, D Bradshaw, V Pillay-van Wyk   +17 more
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Needs assessment to strengthen capacity in water and sanitation research in Africa:experiences of the African SNOWS consortium [PDF]

, 2014
Despite its contribution to global disease burden, diarrhoeal disease is still a relatively neglected area for research funding, especially in low-income country settings. The SNOWS consortium (Scientists Networked for Outcomes from Water and Sanitation)
A Hyder, A McCallin, AE While, AH Ahmed, Anders Dalsgaard, B Greenwood, BH Kam, C McCormack, D Mara, D Nakanjako, DE Elsayed, Edgar Mulogo, Edward W Muchiri, Eileen Chappell, Esi Awuah, F Furedi, H Geber, I Bates, Ingrid Mokgobu, Jeroen HJ Ensink, LM Lenters, M Coccia, M Hennink, M Moran, ME Redshaw, Mike van der Es, Natasha Potgieter, NE Kass, Paul R Hunter, PH Caldwell, PR Hunter, Prince Antwi-Agyei, S Barnard, S Marjanovic, Samira H Abdelrahman, Samuel N Odai, Sandy Cairncross, TF Clasen, World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, Å Gornitzka   +39 more
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