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Access to health care for people with stroke in South Africa: a qualitative study of community perspectives
Incidence of stroke is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa. People who survive stroke experience disability and require long-term care. Health systems in South Africa (SA) are experiencing important challenges, a...
Source: BMC Health Services Research - April 9, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: T Smythe, G Inglis-Jassiem, T Conradie, S Kamalakannan, S Fernandes, SM van-Niekerk, R English, J Webster, S Hameed and QA Louw Tags: Research Source Type: research

Hypertension in the South African public healthcare system: a cost-of-illness and burden of disease study
Conclusion Hypertension exerts a heavy health and economic burden on South Africa. Establishing cost-effective best practice guidelines for hypertension treatment requires further research. Such research will be essential if South Africa is to make progress in its efforts to implement universal healthcare.
Source: BMJ Open - February 22, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: Kohli-Lynch, C. N., Erzse, A., Rayner, B., Hofman, K. J. Tags: Open access, Health economics Source Type: research

Towards universal health coverage for people with stroke in South Africa: a scoping review
Conclusion This review fills a gap in the literature by providing the range of opportunities and challenges to achieve health for all PWS in SA. It highlights some health system areas that show encouraging trends to improve service delivery including comprehensiveness, quality and perceptions of care.
Source: BMJ Open - November 25, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: van Niekerk, S.-M., Kamalakannan, S., Inglis-Jassiem, G., Charumbira, M. Y., Fernandes, S., Webster, J., English, R., Louw, Q. A., Smythe, T. Tags: Open access, Public health Source Type: research

The effect of physical activity on mortality and cardiovascular disease in 130  000 people from 17 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: the PURE study
We examined whether different amounts and types of physical activity are associated with lower mortality and CVD in countries at different economic levels. Methods In this prospective cohort study, we recruited participants from 17 countries (Canada, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Poland, Turkey, Malaysia, South Africa, China, Colombia, Iran, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe). Within each country, urban and rural areas in and around selected cities and towns were identified to reflect the geographical diversity. Within these communities, we invited individuals aged between 35 and 70 years ...
Source: The Lancet - September 22, 2017 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research