The burden of non-communicable diseases in South Africa

BM Mayosi, AJ Flisher, UG Lalloo, F Sitas, SM Tollman… - The lancet, 2009 - thelancet.com
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 …

Verbal autopsy: methods in transition

E Fottrell, P Byass - Epidemiologic reviews, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Understanding of global health and changing morbidity and mortality is limited by
inadequate measurement of population health. With fewer than one-third of deaths …

Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

D Dicker, G Nguyen, D Abate, KH Abate, SM Abay… - The lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Assessments of age-specific mortality and life expectancy have been done by
the UN Population Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs (UNPOP), the …

Profile: Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system

K Kahn, MA Collinson, FX Gómez-Olivé… - International journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system (HDSS), located in rural
northeast South Africa close to the Mozambique border, was established in 1992 to support …

Asymptomatic transmission and high community burden of seasonal influenza in an urban and a rural community in South Africa, 2017–18 (PHIRST): a population …

C Cohen, J Kleynhans, J Moyes… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Data on influenza community burden and transmission are important to plan
interventions especially in resource-limited settings. However, data are limited, particularly …

The prevalence of stunting, overweight and obesity, and metabolic disease risk in rural South African children

EW Kimani-Murage, K Kahn, JM Pettifor, SM Tollman… - BMC public health, 2010 - Springer
Background Low-to middle-income countries are undergoing a health transition with non-
communicable diseases contributing substantially to disease burden, despite persistence of …

Barriers to and facilitators of the provision of a youth-friendly health services programme in rural South Africa

RS Geary, FX Gómez-Olivé, K Kahn, S Tollman… - BMC health services …, 2014 - Springer
Background Youth-friendly health services are a key strategy for improving young people's
health. This is the first study investigating provision of the Youth Friendly Services …

Quality of integrated chronic disease care in rural South Africa: user and provider perspectives

S Ameh, K Klipstein-Grobusch… - Health policy and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The integrated chronic disease management (ICDM) model was introduced as a response
to the dual burden of HIV/AIDS and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in South Africa …

Health and demographic surveillance systems: a step towards full civil registration and vital statistics system in sub-Sahara Africa?

Y Ye, M Wamukoya, A Ezeh, JBO Emina, O Sankoh - BMC public health, 2012 - Springer
Background In the developed world, information on vital events is routinely collected
nationally to inform population and health policies. However, in many low-and middle …

Implications of mortality transition for primary health care in rural South Africa: a population-based surveillance study

SM Tollman, K Kahn, B Sartorius, MA Collinson… - The Lancet, 2008 - thelancet.com
Summary Background In southern Africa, a substantial health transition is underway, with
the heavy burden of chronic infectious illness (HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis) paralleled by the …