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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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The Global Burden of Liver Disease

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 2023
Chronic liver disease (CLD) and its associated complications (cirrhosis and liver cancer) cause significant mortality, morbidity, and economic burden. Published data from the World Health Organization and/or the Global Burden of Disease show that the burden of CLD is large and increasing, primarily owing to the increasing burden of nonalcoholic fatty ...
Zobair M. Younossi, Grace Wong, Quentin M. Anstee, Linda Henry   +3 more
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Tracking development assistance for health and for COVID-19: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990-2050 [PDF]

, 2021
Background: The rapid spread of COVID-19 renewed the focus on how health systems across the globe are financed, especially during public health emergencies.
2. Global Burden of Disease 2020 Health Financing Collaborator Network, Global Burden of Disease 2020 Health Financing Collaborator Network, Cicero AFG, Catalá-López, Ferrán   +3 more
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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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The Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2011
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) today is responsible for approximately one-third of deaths worldwide, and that figure will surely increase in both developing and developed countries as risk factors for the disease--primarily dyslipidemia, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, physical inactivity, poor diet, and smoking--continue to increase.
Deaton, Christi, Froelicher, Erika Sivarajan, Wu, Lai Har, Ho, Camille, Shishani, Kawkab, Jaarsma, Tiny   +5 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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Global and regional burden of first-ever ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke during 1990-2010 : findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 [PDF]

, 2013
Funding: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Background: The burden of ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke varies between regions and over time. With differences in prognosis, prevalence of risk factors, and treatment strategies, knowledge of stroke ...
Dis, GB, Bennett, DA, Lawes, C.M.M., Anderson, L., Prof. Ralph L Sacco, MD, Thomas Truelsen, MD, Naghavi, Mohsen, Mensah, George A, Murray, C, Prof. Mohsen Naghavi, MD, Wenzhi Wang, PhD, Witt, Emma, Ezzati, M, Witt, E, Anderson, Laurie M., Mensah, G.A., Shinohara, Yukito, Mensah, GA, Feigin, VL, Anderson, LM, Feigin, Valery L, O'Donnell, M., Krishnamurthi, R, Krishnamurthi, R.V., Sacco, Ralph L, Prof. Mohammad H Forouzanfar, MD, Sacco, R.L., Prof. Valery L Feigin, MD, Bennett, D.A., O'Donnell, Martin, Ezzati, Majid, 2010, RFS2G, Krishnamurthi, Rita, Moran, AE, Krishnamurthi, Rita V, Naghavi, M, Forouzanfar, Mohammad H, A Mensah, George, Wang, W, Anderson, Laurie, Ezzati, M., Derrick A Bennett, PhD, Anderson, L, M Anderson, Laurie, Connor, Myles, Forouzanfar, MH, Truelsen, T., Moran, A.E., M M Lawes, Carlene, Emma Witt, MSc, Anderson, Laurie M, Truelsen, T, Wang, Wenzhi, H Forouzanfar, Mohammad, E Moran, Andrew, Lawes, CMM, L Feigin, Valery, Krishnamurthi, R., Barker-Collo, S., Forouzanfar, M.H., Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, MBBS, Murray, C., Bennett, Derrick, Prof. Majid Ezzati, PhD, Carlene M M Lawes, MBChB, Venketasubramanian, N, Bennett, Derrick A, Rita V Krishnamurthi, PhD, Sacco, RL, Shinohara, Y, Krishnamurthi, RV, Naghavi, M., Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy, Lawes, Carlene M M, Feigin, V.L., Witt, E., Connor, M, O'Donnell, M, Barker-Collo, S, GBD Stroke Experts Group, Moran, Andrew E, Prof. Suzanne Barker-Collo, PhD, Laurie M Anderson, PhD, L Sacco, Ralph, O’Donnell, Martin, Truelsen, Thomas, Murray, Christopher, The Lancet Global Health. Volume 1, Issue 5, November 2013, Pages e259–e281, Prof. Andrew E Moran, MD, Barker-Collo, Suzanne, Venketasubramanian, N., Grp, GSE, A Bennett, Derrick, Lawes, CM, Prof. Martin O'Donnell, PhD, Yukito Shinohara, MD, Myles Connor, MBBCh, V Krishnamurthi, Rita, George A Mensah, MD, Wang, W., Connor, M., Shinohara, Y., Prof. Christopher Murray, MD   +102 more
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Reflections on the global burden of disease 2010 estimates. [PDF]

, 2013
Peter Byass and colleagues raise questions about the recent, high-profile Global Burden of Disease estimates.
Zaba, B, Tollman, Stephen M, de Courten, Maximilian, Lucie Laflamme, Stephen M Tollman, de, Courten M, McCaw-Binns, A, Laflamme, Lucie, Osman A Sankoh, Affette McCaw-Binns, Byass, P, Tollman, SM, Maximilian de Courten, Wendy J Graham, Sankoh, Osman A, Graham, WJ, Byass, Peter, Zaba, Basia, Peter Byass, Laflamme, L,, McCaw-Binns, Affette, Graham, Wendy J, Tollman, Stephen M,, Byass, Peter,, Sankoh, OA, Basia Zaba, Laflamme, L   +26 more
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The global burden of tuberculosis: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 [PDF]

, 2017
Background An understanding of the trends in tuberculosis incidence, prevalence, and mortality is crucial to tracking of the success of tuberculosis control programmes and identification of remaining challenges.
Global Burden of Disease Tuberculosis Collaborators
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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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