Introduction The number of people with diabetes in Africa is projected to increase
substantially in the next two decades, due to factors including rapid urbanisation, adoption of …

Disability issues have taken a prominent role on international stages in recent years.
Beginning with the May 2005 World Health Assembly Resolution 58.23 and culminating in …

Background South Africa's epidemiological transition is characterised by an increasing
burden of chronic communicable and non-communicable diseases. However, little is known …

This paper reviews the concepts of vulnerability and resilience, and their applications for
ageing and older people through literature in this area. Concurrently, it reviews the life …

There is a public health demand to prevent health conditions which lead to increased
morbidity and mortality among the rapidly-increasing elderly population. Data for the …

Abstract Background: South Africa is experiencing a health and social transition including an
ageing population and an HIV epidemic. We report mortality experience of an older rural …

Compromised health negatively impacts older persons' ability to participate in expected
social roles. Researchers have published little empirical work, however, to explore these …

Problem Ghana's population is ageing. In 2011, the Government of Ghana requested
technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO) to help revise national policies …

This paper examines the relationship between stature and later life health in 6 emerging
economies, each of which are expected to experience significant increases in the mean age …

This thesis is centered on self-rated health (SRH) as an outcome measure, as a predictor,
and as a marker. The thesis uses primary data from the WHO Study on global AGEing and …