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A comparative risk assessment for South Africa in 2000: Towards promoting health and preventing disease

Author: Norman, Rosana ; Bradshaw, Debbie ; Schneider, Michelle ; Joubert, Jane ; Groenewald, Pam ; Lewin, Simon ; Steyn, Krisela ; Vos, Theo ; Loubscher, Ria ; Nannan, Nadine ; Nojilana, Beatrice ; Pieterse, Desiréé ; the South African Comparative Risk Assessment Collaborating Group Date: 2007 A landmark project of the Medical Research Council, the first South African National Burden of Disease (SA NBD) study, identified the underlying causes of premature mortality and morbidity experienced in South Africa in the year 2000. (1) ... Read more c b n
Childhood mortality in the Boland Overberg region

Author: Moyo, Sizulu Date: 2007 The aim of this thesis is to characterise the profile of infant, childhood and adolescent mortality in three adjancent district municipalities in the Boland region of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Read more
Initial burden of disease estimates for South Africa, 2000

Author: Bradshaw, Debbie ; Groenewald, Pam ; Laubscher, Ria ; Nannan, Nadine ; Nojilana, Beatrice ; Norman, Rosana ; Pieterse, Desiréé ; Schneider, Michelle ; Bourne, David E ; Ian M Timæus ; Dorrington, Rob ; Johnson, Leigh Date: 2003 Background. This paper describes the first national burden of disease study for South Africa. The main focus is the burden due to premature mortality, i.e. years of life lost (YLLs). In addition, estimates of the burden contributed by morbidity, ... Read more
Initial burden of disease estimates for South Africa, 2000

Author: Bradshaw, Debbie ; Groenewald, Pam ; Laubscher, Ria ; Nannan, Nadine ; Nojilana, Beatrice ; Rosana, Norman ; Pieterse, Desiréé ; Schneider, Michelle ; Bourne, David E ; Timæus, Ian M ; Dorrington, Rob ; Johnson, Leigh Date: 2003 Background. This paper describes the first national burden of disease study for South Africa. The main focus is the burden due to premature mortality, i.e. years of life lost (YLLs). In addition, estimates of the burden contributed by morbidity, ... Read more
Strengthening public health in South Africa: building a stronger evidence base for improving the health of the nation

Author: Bradshaw, Debbie ; Norman, Rosana ; Lewin, Simon ; Joubert, Jané ; Schneider, Michelle ; Nannan, Nadine ; Groenewald, Pam ; Laubscher, Ria ; Matzopoulos, Richard ; Nojilana, Beatrice ; Pieterse, Desiréé ; Steyn, Krisela Date: 2007 An assessment of the relative burden attributable to selected risk factors provides an important evidence base for prioritising risk factors that should be targeted for public health interventions. Selecting interventions should be based on ... Read more
The importance of identified cause-of-death information being available for public health surveillance, actions and research

Author: Groenewald, Pam ; Azevedo, Virginia ; Daniels, Johann ; Evans, Juliet ; Boulle, Andrew ; Naledi, Tracey ; Bradshaw, Debbie Date: 2015 An amendment to the South African Births and Deaths Registration Act has compromised efforts to strengthen local mortality surveillance to provide statistics for small areas and enable data linkage to provide information for public health ... Read more

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