Community-based care models for arterial hypertension management in non-pregnant adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a literature scoping review and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Arterial hypertension (aHT) is the leading cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor in sub-Saharan Africa; it remains, however, underdiagnosed, and undertreated. Community-based care services [...] review, we catalogued, described, and appraised community-based care models for aHT in sub-Saharan Africa, considering their acceptability, engagement in care and clinical outcomes. Additionally, we developed [...] ous and available evidence is insufficient to recommend or refute further...
Health-related quality of life and its association with medication adherence in active pulmonary tuberculosis- a systematic review of global... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa. Clinical parameters are important objective outcomes in TB; however they often are not directly correlated [...] longitudinal design, none of these in South Africa. A variety of different generic and disease-specific HRQOL measures were identified in the articles. In South Africa four HRQOL and five adherence studies [...] focuses on patient-reported HRQOL and its association with medication adherence...
Community-based care models for arterial hypertension management in non-pregnant adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a literature scoping review and... (Publications)
BACKGROUND: Arterial hypertension (aHT) is the leading cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor in sub-Saharan Africa; it remains, however, underdiagnosed, and undertreated. Community-based care services [...] review, we catalogued, described, and appraised community-based care models for aHT in sub-Saharan Africa, considering their acceptability, engagement in care and clinical outcomes. Additionally, we developed [...] ous and available evidence is insufficient to recommend or refute further...
Health-related quality of life and its association with medication adherence in active pulmonary tuberculosis- a systematic review of global... (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Tuberculosis (TB) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in South Africa. Clinical parameters are important objective outcomes in TB; however they often are not directly correlated [...] longitudinal design, none of these in South Africa. A variety of different generic and disease-specific HRQOL measures were identified in the articles. In South Africa four HRQOL and five adherence studies [...] focuses on patient-reported HRQOL and its association with medication adherence...
Poor mental health of livestock farmers in Africa: a mixed methods case study from Ghana (Publications)
herd size [F (8,278) = 14.18, p < 0.001, R(2) = 0.29]. CONCLUSIONS: Livestock diseases are the leading cause of losses to livestock farmers, whose mental wellbeing is negatively affected by these losses
Impact of mining projects on water and sanitation infrastructures and associated child health outcomes: a multi-country analysis of Demographic and... (Publications)
economic growth and hence investments in water and sanitation infrastructures, but at the same time lead to rapid population growth and environmental degradation. In turn, these changes can pose risks and [...] and malnutrition among children using data from 131 Demographic and Health Surveys from sub-Saharan Africa. RESULTS: From a sample of around 1.2 million households, data within the proximity of 52 mine-panels
Frontline health workers as brokers: provider perceptions, experiences and mitigating strategies to improve access to essential medicines in South... (Publications)
where patients obtain medicines. Acceptability was affected by, for example, HIV related stigma leading patients to seek distant services. Travel costs exacerbated by the interplay of several ATM barriers
HIV viral load as an independent risk factor for tuberculosis in South Africa: collaborative analysis of cohort studies (Publications)
INTRODUCTION: Chronic immune activation due to ongoing HIV replication may lead to impaired immune responses against opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis (TB). We studied the role of HIV replication [...] HIV-positive adult patients (> /=16 years) in care between 2000 and 2014 at three ART programmes in South Africa. Patients with previous TB were excluded. Missing CD4 cell counts and HIV-RNA viral loads at ART
Impact of mining projects on water and sanitation infrastructures and associated child health outcomes: a multi-country analysis of Demographic and... (Publications)
economic growth and hence investments in water and sanitation infrastructures, but at the same time lead to rapid population growth and environmental degradation. In turn, these changes can pose risks and [...] and malnutrition among children using data from 131 Demographic and Health Surveys from sub-Saharan Africa. RESULTS: From a sample of around 1.2 million households, data within the proximity of 52 mine-panels
Frontline health workers as brokers: provider perceptions, experiences and mitigating strategies to improve access to essential medicines in South... (Publications)
where patients obtain medicines. Acceptability was affected by, for example, HIV related stigma leading patients to seek distant services. Travel costs exacerbated by the interplay of several ATM barriers
