In sub-Saharan Africa, recent data about causes of adult death and care-seeking during illnesses are limited. This analysis examines adult deaths using verbal and social autopsy data from a nationally and provincially representative sample registration system in Mozambique. Causes of death among those 18...
Macicame, Ivalda;
Kante, Almamy M;
Wilson, Emily;
Gilbert, Brian;
Koffi, Alain;
Nhachungue, Sheila;
Monjane, Celso;
Duce, Pedro;
Adriano, Antonio;
Chicumbe, Sergio;
Kalter, Henry D;
Datta, Abhirup;
Zeger, Scott;
Black, Robert E;
Gudo, Eduardo Samo;
Amouzou, Agbessi.
Sub-Saharan Africa lacks timely, reliable, and accurate national data on mortality and causes of death (CODs). In 2018 Mozambique launched a sample registration system (Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action [COMSA]-Mozambique), which collects continuous birth, death, and COD data from 700 randoml...
Background Obesity is a well-documented risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), with increasing evidence to suggest visceral adiposity as a greater risk factor for CVD than body mass index (BMI). Objectives To determine a relationship between hypertension (HPT) an...
Objectives: To determine the usefulness of cardiovascular physical examination (CPE) as a screening tool in a lowresource setting for detecting congenital heart disease (CHD) in newborns delivered at the Maternity Unit of Korle Bu
Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Accra, Ghana.
Design: A hospital-based cross-sec...
Objectives. To assess urinary sodium/potassium intake and identify its links with global cardiovascular risk (RCVG) according to the WHOPEN approach to WHO/ISH (International High Blood Pressure Society).
Methods. It was a cross-sectional and analytical study that took place from July 6, 2020, to Septem...
Les anomalies électrocardiographiques sont l’expression d’une atteinte cardiovasculaire lors de la COVID-19. Les troubles du rythme et de la conduction cardiaque peuvent mettre en jeu le pronostic vital à court terme au cours de la COVID -19. Notre objectif principal est
de décrire les anomalies ...
Long COVID is an emerging public health threat, following swiftly behind the surges of acute infection over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is estimated that there are already approximately 100 million people suffering from Long COVID globally, 0.5 million of whom are South African, and for whom ...
Background. The burden of mental disorders continues to grow with significant impacts on health. Their prevalence is higher in patients presenting cardiovascular risk factors.This review takes stock of the frequency, the mechanisms, and the implications of major cardiovascular risk factors in pati...
Background: Transthoracic echocardiography is a very helpful noninvasive cardiovascular imaging technique for the diagnosis and risk stratification in the management of patients with cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to review the clinical indications for transthoracic echocardiography and the confirmati...
Macicame, Ivalda;
Kante, Almamy M;
Wilson, Emily;
Gilbert, Brian;
Koffi, Alain;
Nhachungue, Sheila;
Monjane, Celso;
Duce, Pedro;
Adriano, Antonio;
Chicumbe, Sergio;
Jani, Ilesh;
Kalter, Henry D;
Datta, Abhirup;
Zeger, Scott;
Black, Robert E;
Gudo, Eduardo Samo;
Amouzou, Agbessi.
Sub-Saharan Africa lacks timely, reliable, and accurate national data on mortality and causes of death (CODs). In 2018 Mozambique launched a sample registration system (Countrywide Mortality Surveillance for Action [COMSA]-Mozambique), which collects continuous birth, death, and COD data from 700 randoml...
