Morbidity and Complications of Diabetes Mellitus in Children and Adolescents in Ghana: Protocol for a Longitudinal Study

Autor: Essuman, Vera Adobea, Tagoe, Naa Naamuah, Akpalu, Josephine, Essuman, Akye, Sackey, Adziri H, Hayfron-Benjamin, CF, Asare, George, Abaidoo, Benjamin, Amoah, AGB, Ndanu, Thomas, Ofori-Adjei, IDB, Barnes, NA, Appiah-Thompson, BL, Amoaku, Winfried M

Publikováno v: JMIR Research Protocols, Vol 10, Iss 1, p e21440 (2021)

BackgroundDiabetes is associated with premature morbidity and mortality from its many complications. There are limited data on the chronic complications of diabetes in children and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa. ObjectiveThe study aims to determ

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The need for an integrated approach for chronic disease research and care in Africa

Autor: Barr, AL, Young, EH, Smeeth, L, Newton, R, Seeley, J, Ripullone, K, Hird, TR, Thornton, JRM, Nyirenda, MJ, Kapiga, S, Adebamowo, CA, Amoah, AG, Wareham, N, Rotimi, CN, Levitt, NS, Ramaiya, K, Hennig, BJ, Mbanya, JC, Tollman, S, Motala, AA, Kaleebu, P, Sandhu, MS

With the changing distribution of infectious diseases, and an increase in the burden of non-communicable diseases, low- and middle-income countries, including those in Africa, will need to expand their health care capacities to effectively respond to

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The need for an integrated approach for chronic disease research and care in Africa.

Autor: Barr AL; Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK., Young EH; Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK., Smeeth L; Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK., Newton R; Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute (MRC/UVRI), Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda., Seeley J; Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute (MRC/UVRI), Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda.; Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK., Ripullone K; Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK., Hird TR; Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK., Thornton JRM; Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK., Nyirenda MJ; Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.; Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit, Lilongwe, Malawi., Kapiga S; Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.; Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Mwanza, Tanzania., Adebamowo CA; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center and Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD 21201 USA.; Institute of Human Virology, Nigeria., Amoah AG; Department of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School, Korlebu, Ghana., Wareham N; MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Rotimi CN; Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA., Levitt NS; Division of Diabetic Medicine and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa., Ramaiya K; Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania., Hennig BJ; MRC Unit, The Gambia, Fajara, The Gambia.; MRC International Nutrition Group, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK., Mbanya JC; Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon., Tollman S; MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.; INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana., Motala AA; Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa., Kaleebu P; Medical Research Council/Uganda Virus Research Institute (MRC/UVRI), Uganda Research Unit on AIDS, Entebbe, Uganda., Sandhu MS; Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.

Publikováno v: Global health, epidemiology and genomics [Glob Health Epidemiol Genom] 2016 Nov 29; Vol. 1, pp. e19. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Nov 29 (Print Publication: 2016).

Arterial stiffness in hypertensive and type 2 diabetes patients in Ghana: comparison of the cardio-ankle vascular index and central aortic techniques.

Autor: Yeboah K; Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical & Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, P.O. Box KB 143, Accra, Ghana. kyeboah@ug.edu.gh., Antwi DA; Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical & Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, P.O. Box KB 143, Accra, Ghana., Gyan B; Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Govoni V; Cardiovascular Medicine Group, Division of Diabetes and Nutrition, King's College and King's Health Partners, London, UK., Mills CE; Cardiovascular Medicine Group, Division of Diabetes and Nutrition, King's College and King's Health Partners, London, UK., Cruickshank JK; Cardiovascular Medicine Group, Division of Diabetes and Nutrition, King's College and King's Health Partners, London, UK., Amoah AG; Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.; National Diabetes Management and Research Centre, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana.

Publikováno v: BMC endocrine disorders [BMC Endocr Disord] 2016 Sep 29; Vol. 16 (1), pp. 53. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Sep 29.

Body composition and ankle-brachial index in Ghanaians with asymptomatic peripheral arterial disease in a tertiary hospital.

Autor: Yeboah K; Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical & Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, P.O. Box KB 143, Accra, Ghana., Puplampu P; Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Yorke E; Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Antwi DA; Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical & Allied Health Sciences, University of Ghana, P.O. Box KB 143, Accra, Ghana., Gyan B; Department of Immunology, Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana., Amoah AG; Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana ; National Diabetes Management & Research Centre, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.

Publikováno v: BMC obesity [BMC Obes] 2016 May 13; Vol. 3, pp. 27. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 May 13 (Print Publication: 2016).