Traditionally health statistics are derived from civil and/or vital registration. Civil registration
in low-to middle-income countries varies from partial coverage to essentially nothing at all …

Background Guidelines recommend integrating hypertension screening for HIV-infected
adults, but blood pressure measurements may be dynamic around the time of HIV testing …

Introduction In sub-Saharan African settings, the increasing non-communicable disease
mortality is linked to migration, which disproportionately exposes sub-populations to risk …

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in South Africa rapidly developed into a
major pandemic. Here we analyse the development of the epidemic in a rural area of the …

Introduction South Africa is a country faced with complex health and social inequalities, in
which HIV/AIDS has had devastating impacts. The study aimed to gain insights into the …

Hypertension prevalence is on the rise in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) like
South Africa, and migration and its concomitant urbanization are often considered to be …

Background Evidence from high-income countries shows that higher adiposity results in an
adverse lipid profile, but it is unclear whether this association is similar in Sub-Saharan …

Introduction There is a growing recognition of the importance of developing learning health
systems which can engage all stakeholders in cycles of evidence generation, reflection …

The colliding epidemics of HIV and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are of great public health
concern. People living with HIV (PLHIV) are more predisposed to CVD development as a …

This study focuses on a cohort of adults (40‐plus) in rural South Africa to unpack
associations between physical health and receipt of social support, and the extent to which …