Background There has been remarkable progress in the treatment of HIV throughout sub-
Saharan Africa, but there are few data on the prevalence and overlap of other significant …

The challenge that Africa has of dealing with multiple burdens of disease, characterised by
high rates of infectious diseases such as HIV, AIDS, and tuberculosis, alongside non …

Background Although the burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa continues to be
dominated by infectious diseases, countries in this region are undergoing a demographic …

Summary 15 years after its first democratic election, South Africa is in the midst of a profound
health transition that is characterised by a quadruple burden of communicable, non …

Abstract Background Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010
results show continued limitations of data quality and availability in most of the African …

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Objectives To describe changes in prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, HIV and
tuberculosis, and prevalence of comorbidity, and to investigate associations between each …

Background Since 1990, health priorities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSAF) have been set
primarily by epidemics of infectious diseases. For future global health efforts, it is important …

Background Understanding the effects of socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes is
important to implement specific preventive actions. We assessed socioeconomic disparities …

There is no doubt that communicable diseases will remain the predominant health problem
for the populations in sub-Saharan Africa, including adults, for the next 10--20 years …