COVID-19 vaccines - less obfuscation, more transparency and action

Autor: Wdf, Venter, Shabir Madhi, Nel J, Mendelson M, Van den Heever A, Moshabela M

Publikováno v: Europe PubMed Central

Letter by Venter et al. on editorial by Schoub (Dial down the rhetoric over COVID-19 vaccines. S Afr Med J 2021;111(6):522-523. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2021.v111i6.15740).

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34382558

Ideal Cardiovascular Health Index and Its Determinants in a Rural South African Population

Autor: Wdf Venter, D. E. Grobbee, Roel A. Coutinho, Hugo A. Tempelman, Alinda G. Vos, Karine Scheuermaier, Walter Devillé, Noortje G. Godijk, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, E J Ketelaar

Publikováno v: Global Heart, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2020)
Global Heart
Global Heart; Vol 15, No 1 (2020); 76
Global heart, 15(1):76. Elsevier Science & Technology

Background: The ideal cardiovascular health index (CVHI) is a measure to summarize cardiovascular (CV) health, and includes smoking, body-mass index, physical activity, blood pressure, glucose, total cholesterol, and diet. Objective: This study aimed

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https://hdl.handle.net/11245.1/318e34af-98e5-4366-aed4-ec1aa0d66736

Cardiovascular disease risk and its determinants in people living with HIV across different settings in South Africa

Autor: D. E. Grobbee, Hugo A. Tempelman, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Alinda G. Vos, Wdf Venter, Karine Scheuermaier, Gvt Roozen

Publikováno v: HIV Medicine

Objectives Socio-economic factors and lifestyle are known to differ across geographies and populations, which may result in distinct risk profiles for cardiovascular disease (CVD). This study assessed carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), a proxy fo

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31852030

Prolonged deferral of antiretroviral therapy in the SAPIT trial: did we need a clinical trial to tell us that this would increase mortality?

Autor: Ted Cohen, Francesca Conradie, Ashraf Grimwood, Graeme Meintjes, Gary Maartens, Molebogeng X. Rangaka, Marc Mendelson, Megan Murray, Ebrahim Variava, Stephen D. Lawn, Nathan Geffen, Douglas Wilson, David Spencer, Rocío M. Hurtado, Krista L. Dong, Jantjie Taljaard, Wdf Venter, Karen Cohen, Ian Sanne, Chris Kenyon, Polly Clayden, Andrew Boulle

Publikováno v: SAMJ: South African Medical Journal, Volume: 100, Issue: 9, Pages: 566-571, Published: SEP 2010
South African Medical Journal
Scopus-Elsevier

Tuberculosis is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in HIV-infected patients in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV infection is often first diagnosed following a diagnosis of tuberculosis, with many patients needing antiretroviral therapy (ART). Starting

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http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0256-95742010000900012&lng=en&tlng=en

Integrating hypertension detection and management in HIV care in South Africa: protocol for a stepped-wedged cluster randomized effectiveness-implementation hybrid trial.

Autor: Galaviz KI; Indiana University School of Public Health Bloomington , #1025 E 7th St, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA. kgalaviz@iu.edu., Patel SA; Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.; Emory Global Diabetes Research Center of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA., Siedner MJ; Africa Health Research Institute, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.; Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA., Goss CW; Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA., Gumede SB; Ezintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Johnson LC; Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA., Ordóñez CE; Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA., Laxy M; School of Medicine and Health, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany., Klipstein-Grobusch K; Department of Global Public Health and Bioethics, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.; Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Heine M; Department of Global Public Health and Bioethics, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.; Institute of Sport and Exercise Medicine, Department of Exercise, Sport and Lifestyle Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa., Masterson M; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA., Mody A; Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA., Venter WDF; Ezintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa., Marconi VC; Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.; Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA., Ali MK; Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.; Emory Global Diabetes Research Center of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.; Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA., Lalla-Edward ST; Ezintsha, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Publikováno v: Implementation science communications [Implement Sci Commun] 2024 Oct 14; Vol. 5 (1), pp. 115. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 14.