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2018

Journal Article

Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoea in 195 countries: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Troeger, Christopher, Blacker, Brigette F., Khalil, Ibrahim A., Rao, Puja C., Cao, Shujin, Zimsen, Stephanie R.M., Albertson, Samuel B., Stanaway, Jeffery D., Deshpande, Aniruddha, Abebe, Zegeye, Alvis-Guzman, Nelson, Amare, Azmeraw T., Asgedom, Solomon W, Anteneh, Zelalem Alamrew, Antonio, Carl Abelardo T., Aremu, Olatunde, Asfaw, Ephrem Tsegay, Atey, Tesfay Mehari, Atique, Suleman, Avokpaho, Euripide Frinel G. Arthur, Awasthi, Ashish, Ayele, Henok Tadesse, Barac, Aleksandra, Barreto, Mauricio L., Bassat, Quique, Belay, Saba Abraham, Bensenor, Isabela M., Bhutta, Zulfiqar A., Bijani, Ali ... GBD 2016 Diarrhoeal Disease Collaborators (2018). Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoea in 195 countries: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18 (11), 1211-1228. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30362-1

Estimates of the global, regional, and national morbidity, mortality, and aetiologies of diarrhoea in 195 countries: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

2018

Journal Article

Investigating risk factors for under-five mortality in an HIV hyper-endemic area of rural South Africa, from 2000-2014

Tlou, B., Sartorius, B. and Tanser, F. (2018). Investigating risk factors for under-five mortality in an HIV hyper-endemic area of rural South Africa, from 2000-2014. PLoS One, 13 (11) e0207294, 1-15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207294

Investigating risk factors for under-five mortality in an HIV hyper-endemic area of rural South Africa, from 2000-2014

2018

Journal Article

Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

Griswold, Max G., Fullman, Nancy, Hawley, Caitlin, Arian, Nicholas, Zimsen, Stephanie R. M., Tymeson, Hayley D., Venkateswaran, Vidhya, Tapp, Austin Douglas, Forouzanfar, Mohammad H., Salama, Joseph S., Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Abate, Degu, Abay, Solomon M., Abbafati, Cristiana, Abdulkader, Rizwan Suliankatchi, Abebe, Zegeye, Aboyans, Victor, Abrar, Mohammed Mehdi, Acharya, Pawan, Adetokunboh, Olatunji O., Adhikari, Tara Ballav, Adsuar, Jose C., Afarideh, Mohsen, Agardh, Emilie Elisabet, Agarwal, Gina, Aghayan, Sargis Aghasi, Agrawal, Sutapa, Ahmed, Muktar Beshir, Akibu, Mohammed ... Gakidou, Emmanuela (2018). Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet, 392 (10152), 1015-1035. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31310-2

Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

2018

Journal Article

Global antibiotic resistance: of contagion, confounders, and the COM-B model

Essack, Sabiha Y and Sartorius, Benn (2018). Global antibiotic resistance: of contagion, confounders, and the COM-B model. The Lancet Planetary Health, 2 (9), e376-e377. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30187-6

Global antibiotic resistance: of contagion, confounders, and the COM-B model

2018

Journal Article

Global mortality from firearms, 1990-2016

Nand, Devina, Naghavi, Mohsen, Marczak, Laurie B., Kutz, Michael, Shackelford, Katya Anne, Arora, Megha, Miller-Petrie, Molly, Aichour, Miloud Taki Eddine, Akseer, Nadia, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa M., Alam, Khurshid, Alghnam, Suliman A., Antonio, Carl Abelardo T., Aremu, Olatunde, Arora, Amit, Asadi-Lari, Mohsen, Assadi, Reza, Atey, Tesfay Mehari, Avila-Burgos, Leticia, Awasthi, Ashish, Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina Ayala, Barker-Collo, Suzanne Lyn, Bärnighausen, Till Winfried, Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad, Behzadifar, Masoud, Behzadifar, Meysam, Bennett, James R., Bhalla, Ashish, Bhutta, Zulfiqar A. ... The Global Burden of Disease 2016 Injury Collaborators (2018). Global mortality from firearms, 1990-2016. JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 320 (8), 792-814. doi: 10.1001/jama.2018.10060

Global mortality from firearms, 1990-2016

2018

Journal Article

Candidate gene polymorphisms related to lipid metabolism in Asian Indians living in Durban, South Africa

Maistry, Tanya, Gordon, Michelle, Sartorius, Benn and Naidoo, Datshana P. (2018). Candidate gene polymorphisms related to lipid metabolism in Asian Indians living in Durban, South Africa. Indian Journal of Medical Research, 148 (2), 169-179. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1150_16

Candidate gene polymorphisms related to lipid metabolism in Asian Indians living in Durban, South Africa

2018

Journal Article

Vital sign based shock scores are poor at triaging South African trauma patients

Barnes, Robert, Clarke, Damian, Farina, Zane, Sartorius, Benn, Brysiewicz, Petra, Laing, Grant, Bruce, John and Kong, Victor (2018). Vital sign based shock scores are poor at triaging South African trauma patients. American Journal of Surgery, 216 (2), 235-239. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.07.025

Vital sign based shock scores are poor at triaging South African trauma patients

2018

Journal Article

Capturing the spatial variability of HIV epidemics in South Africa and Tanzania using routine healthcare facility data

Cuadros, Diego F., Sartorius, Benn, Hall, Chris, Akullian, Adam, Bärnighausen, Till and Tanser, Frank (2018). Capturing the spatial variability of HIV epidemics in South Africa and Tanzania using routine healthcare facility data. International Journal of Health Geographics, 17 (1) 27, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12942-018-0146-8

Capturing the spatial variability of HIV epidemics in South Africa and Tanzania using routine healthcare facility data

2018

Journal Article

Projected cervical Cancer incidence in Swaziland using three methods and local survey estimates

Ginindza, Themba G. and Sartorius, Benn (2018). Projected cervical Cancer incidence in Swaziland using three methods and local survey estimates. BMC Cancer, 18 (1) 639, 1-10. doi: 10.1186/s12885-018-4540-1

Projected cervical Cancer incidence in Swaziland using three methods and local survey estimates

2018

Journal Article

A comparative study of socio-demographic and substance use correlates in early-onset psychosis

Paruk, Saeeda, Jhazbhay, Khatija, Singh, Keshika, Sartorius, Benn and Burns, Jonathan K. (2018). A comparative study of socio-demographic and substance use correlates in early-onset psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 12 (3), 339-347. doi: 10.1111/eip.12330

A comparative study of socio-demographic and substance use correlates in early-onset psychosis

2018

Journal Article

Operational assessment of point-of-care diagnostics in rural primary healthcare clinics of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A cross-sectional survey

Mashamba-Thompson, T. P., Sartorius, B. and Drain, P. K. (2018). Operational assessment of point-of-care diagnostics in rural primary healthcare clinics of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A cross-sectional survey. BMC Health Services Research, 18 (1) 380, 1-8. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3207-6

Operational assessment of point-of-care diagnostics in rural primary healthcare clinics of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A cross-sectional survey

2018

Journal Article

Topographic mapping of the interfaces between human and aquatic mosquito habitats to enable barrier targeting of interventions against malaria vectors

Mwakalinga, Victoria M., Sartorius, Benn K. D., Limwagu, Alex J., Mlacha, Yeromin P., Msellemu, Daniel F., Chaki, Prosper P., Govella, Nicodem J., Coetzee, Maureen, Dongus, Stefan and Killeen, Gerry F. (2018). Topographic mapping of the interfaces between human and aquatic mosquito habitats to enable barrier targeting of interventions against malaria vectors. Royal Society Open Science, 5 (5) 161055, 1-13. doi: 10.1098/rsos.161055

Topographic mapping of the interfaces between human and aquatic mosquito habitats to enable barrier targeting of interventions against malaria vectors

2018

Journal Article

Spending on health and HIV/AIDS: domestic health spending and development assistance in 188 countries, 1995–2015

Dieleman, Joseph L., Haakenstad, Annie, Micah, Angela, Moses, Mark, Abbafati, Cristiana, Acharya, Pawan, Adhikari, Tara Ballav, Adou, Arsène Kouablan, Kiadaliri, Aliasghar Ahmad, Alam, Khurshid, Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza, Alkerwi, Ala’a, Ammar, Walid, Antonio, Carl Abelardo T., Aremu, Olatunde, Asgedom, Solomon Weldegebreal, Atey, Tesfay Mehari, Avila-Burgos, Leticia, Awasthi, Ashish, Ayer, Rakesh, Badali, Hamid, Banach, Maciej, Banstola, Amrit, Barac, Aleksandra, Belachew, Abate Bekele, Birungi, Charles, Bragazzi, Nicola L., Breitborde, Nicholas J.K., Cahuana-Hurtado, Lucero ... Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network (2018). Spending on health and HIV/AIDS: domestic health spending and development assistance in 188 countries, 1995–2015. The Lancet, 391 (10132), 1799-1829. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30698-6

Spending on health and HIV/AIDS: domestic health spending and development assistance in 188 countries, 1995–2015

2018

Journal Article

Trends in future health financing and coverage: future health spending and universal health coverage in 188 countries, 2016–40

Dieleman, Joseph L., Sadat, Nafis, Chang, Angela Y., Fullman, Nancy, Abbafati, Cristiana, Acharya, Pawan, Adou, Arsène Kouablan, Ahmad Kiadaliri, Aliasghar, Alam, Khurshid, Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza, Alkerwi, Ala'a, Ammar, Walid, Antonio, Carl Abelardo T., Aremu, Olatunde, Asgedom, Solomon Weldegebreal, Atey, Tesfay Mehari, Avila-Burgos, Leticia, Ayer, Rakesh, Badali, Hamid, Banach, Maciej, Banstola, Amrit, Barac, Aleksandra, Belachew, Abate Bekele, Birungi, Charles, Bragazzi, Nicola L., Breitborde, Nicholas J. K., Cahuana-Hurtado, Lucero, Car, Josip, Catalá-López, Ferrán ... Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network (2018). Trends in future health financing and coverage: future health spending and universal health coverage in 188 countries, 2016–40. The Lancet, 391 (10132), 1783-1798. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30697-4

Trends in future health financing and coverage: future health spending and universal health coverage in 188 countries, 2016–40

2018

Journal Article

Burden of cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2005–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study

Alsharif, Ubai, El Bcheraoui, Charbel, Khalil, Ibrahim, Charara, Raghid, Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar, Afshin, Ashkan, Collison, Michael, Chew, Adrienne, Krohn, Kristopher J., Daoud, Farah, Dicker, Daniel, Foreman, Kyle J., Frostad, Joseph, Kassebaum, Nicholas J., Kutz, Michael, Wang, Haidong, Abyu, Gebre Yitayih, Adedeji, Isaac Akinkunmi, Ahmad Kiadaliri, Aliasghar, Ahmed, Muktar Beshir, Al-Eyadhy, Ayman, Alam, Khurshid, Alasfoor, Deena, Ali, Raghib, Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa, Altirkawi, Khalid A., Alvis-Guzman, Nelson, Amini, Erfan ... Fitzmaurice, Christina (2018). Burden of cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2005–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study. International Journal of Public Health, 63, 151-164. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-0999-9

Burden of cancer in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2005–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study

2018

Journal Article

Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

Mokdad, Ali H., El Bcheraoui, Charbel, Afshin, Ashkan, Charara, Raghid, Khalil, Ibrahim, Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar, Kassebaum, Nicholas J., Collison, Michael, Daoud, Farah, Krohn, Kristopher J., Chew, Adrienne, Biryukov, Stan H., Cornaby, Leslie, Foreman, Kyle J., Kutz, Michael, Liu, Patrick, Reitsma, Marissa, Sur, Patrick, Wang, Haidong, Zipkin, Ben, Ärnlöv, Johan, Abbafati, Cristiana, Abdulle, Abdishakur M., Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.E., Ahmed, Muktar Beshir, Al-Aly, Ziyad, Alam, Khurshid, Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza, Alkerwi, Ala'a ... GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Obesity Collaborators (2018). Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study. International Journal of Public Health, 63, 165-176. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-1002-5

Burden of obesity in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

2018

Journal Article

A raised serum lactate level is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in patients with isolated cerebral gunshot wounds

Kong, V. Y., Weale, R. D., Laing, G. L., Bruce, J. L., Oosthuizen, G. V., Sartorius, B., Brysiewicz, P. and Clarke, D. L. (2018). A raised serum lactate level is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in patients with isolated cerebral gunshot wounds. South African Medical Journal, 108 (5), 413-417. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i5.12837

A raised serum lactate level is an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality in patients with isolated cerebral gunshot wounds

2018

Journal Article

Transport injuries and deaths in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study

Khalil, Ibrahim, El Bcheraoui, Charbel, Charara, Raghid, Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar, Afshin, Ashkan, Kassebaum, Nicholas J., Collison, Michael, Daoud, Farah, Chew, Adrienne, Krohn, Kristopher J., Colombara, Danny, Cornaby, Leslie, Ehrenkranz, Rebecca, Graetz, Nicholas, Kutz, Michael, Troeger, Christopher, Wang, Haidong, Abate, Kalkidan Hassen, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abdulle, Abdishakur M., Abera, Semaw Ferede, Ahmad Kiadaliri, Aliasghar, Ahmadi, Alireza, Ahmed, Muktar Beshir, Alam, Khurshid, Alasfoor, Deena, Alghnam, Suliman, Ali, Raghib, Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza ... GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Transportation Injuries Collaborators (2018). Transport injuries and deaths in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study. International Journal of Public Health, 63, 187-198. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-0987-0

Transport injuries and deaths in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 Study

2018

Journal Article

Burden of vision loss in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

Safi, Sare, Ahmadieh, Hamid, Katibeh, Marzieh, Yaseri, Mehdi, Ramezani, Alireza, Shahraz, Saeid, Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar, Khalil, Ibrahim, Elbcheraoui, Charbel, Collison, Michael, Chew, Adrienne, Daoud, Farah, Krohn, Kristopher J., Rankin, Zane, Afshin, Ashkan, Kassebaum, Nicholas J., Olsen, Helen E., Stanaway, Jeffrey D., Wang, Haidong, Wilson, Katie, Abyu, Gebre Yitayih, Al-Eyadhy, Ayman, Alam, Khurshid, Alasfoor, Deena, Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa, Alsharif, Ubai, Altirkawi, Khalid A., Anber, Nahla ... GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Vision Loss Collaborators (2018). Burden of vision loss in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study. International Journal of Public Health, 63, 199-210. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-1000-7

Burden of vision loss in the Eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

2018

Journal Article

Intentional injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study

Mokdad, Ali H., Moradi-Lakeh, Maziar, Charara, Raghid, El Bcheraoui, Charbel, Khalil, Ibrahim, Afshin, Ashkan, Kassebaum, Nicholas J., Collison, Michael, Chew, Adrienne, Krohn, Kristopher J., Daoud, Farah, Colombara, Danny, Graetz, Nicholas, Kutz, Michael, Wang, Haidong, Abd-Allah, Foad, Abu-Raddad, Laith J., Ahmad Kiadaliri, Aliasghar, Beshir Ahmed, Muktar, Alam, Khurshid, Alghnam, Suliman, Alizadeh-Navaei, Reza, Al-Raddadi, Rajaa, Altirkawi, Khalid A., Anber, Nahla, Anwari, Palwasha, Avila-Burgos, Leticia, Awasthi, Ashish, Barac, Aleksandra ... GBD 2015 Eastern Mediterranean Region Intentional Injuries Collaborators (2018). Intentional injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study. International Journal of Public Health, 63, 39-46. doi: 10.1007/s00038-017-1005-2

Intentional injuries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study