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Chronic diseases and multi-morbidity - a conceptual modification to the WHO ICCC model for countries in health transition

Author: Oni, Tolu ; McGrath, Nuala ; BeLue, Rhonda ; Roderick, Paul ; Colagiuri, Stephen ; May, Carl R ; Levitt, Naomi S Date: 09 Jun 2014 Background: The burden of non-communicable diseases is rising, particularly in low and middle-income countries undergoing rapid epidemiological transition. In sub-Saharan Africa, this is occurring against a background of infectious chronic ... Read more c b
Impact of a novel molecular TB diagnostic system in patients at high risk of TB mortality in rural South Africa (Uchwepheshe): study protocol for a cluster randomised trial

Author: Lessells, Richard ; Cooke, Graham ; McGrath, Nuala ; Nicol, Mark ; Newell, Marie-Louise ; Godfrey-Faussett, Peter Date: 2013 BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis control in sub-Saharan Africa has long been hampered by poor diagnostics and weak health systems. New molecular diagnostics, such as the Xpert(R) MTB/RIF assay, have the potential to improve patient outcomes. We present ... Read more c b
Patterns of HIV, TB, and non-communicable disease multi-morbidity in peri-urban South Africa- a cross sectional study

Author: Oni, Tolu ; Youngblood, Elizabeth ; Boulle, Andrew ; McGrath, Nuala ; Wilkinson, Robert J ; Levitt, Naomi S Date: 17 Jan 2015 Background: Many low and middle-income countries are experiencing colliding epidemics of chronic infectious (ID) and non-communicable diseases (NCD). As a result, the prevalence of multiple morbidities (MM) is rising. Methods: We conducted a ... Read more c b
Teenage fertility rates falling in South Africa

Author: Moultrie, Tom A ; McGrath, Nuala Date: 2007 Much noise has recently been made in the popular media suggesting a link between the launch of the Child Support Grant (CSG) and an apparent rise in teenage fertility. This perception persists in spite of a detailed study commissioned by the ... Read more

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