The results are in: South Africa’s ground-breaking health promotion levy, introduced in 2018, is working.
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Workplace-based interventions could make a substantial contribution to reducing the burden of noncommunicable diseases in the country.
The health and wellbeing effects will go beyond the direct impact of war-related fatalities, and are likely to last for years after peace is fully restored.
A stroke often leads to the sudden onset of weakness involving the face, arm or leg, an inability to speak, difficulty walking or impaired vision. Strokes can cause death and irreversible disability.
Healthcare providers and governments must recognise the need to invest in diabetes nurse education and training.
The rapid rise in diabetes mustn't be overlooked, as it could have devastating health and economic effects. Most national health systems are already struggling with infectious diseases.
Being physically active is largely not an individual choice, but a result of what funds, spaces, places and opportunities are available to the individual and communities.
Depression and diabetes can occur together, and put huge strain on patients and health systems. Depression in patients with diabetes can cause poor self-management and poor treatment adherence.
The higher pace of demographic ageing and the noncommunicable diseases that come with it call for new management approaches.
Cardiovascular risk factors like diabetes and hypertension are preventable or relatively easy to treat with inexpensive medication.
Interventions using apps show promise as they could improve care for patients with chronic conditions. But patients can't benefit from innovations unless they accept them and use them effectively.
There are multiple health risks in living close to waste sites, with substantial racial and income differences playing a major role.
South Africa faces high levels of noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. The NHI is likely to battle to cope with treating large numbers of sick people.
Most facilities prioritize COVID-19 cases. In addition, curfews are still in effect in Kenya, which affects the working hours of clinics providing hypertension care services.
In poorer parts of the world, such as sub-Saharan Africa, health systems are not designed to care for people with chronic conditions. They are more focused on single, acute diseases.
As COVID-19 cases continue to increase in Kenya, there is a looming threat for escalated disease and death due to the many people with chronic conditions.
Cardiac rehabilitation is not available in many African countries and the way forward may be to focus on patients rather than specific diseases.
We found that evidence cited by three organisations - a big corporate and two industry lobby groups - was either not evidence at all, or had been twisted to suit the industry’s narrative.
Rapid population ageing has prompted researchers to study disease trends in older South Africans. The aim is to understand the role that specific health conditions play in ageing among rural people.
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It’s not enough to simply promote healthy eating and exercise without considering South Africa's very real environmental and structural constraints.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health, The University of Melbourne
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
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Phillip Baker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Research Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Masters of Public Health graduate, Harvard University
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D.Phil. Candidate in Population Health, University of Oxford
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Director, Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council
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Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Stellenbosch University
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Research officer, African Population and Health Research Center
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Professor of Global Health, Institute for Applied Research, University of Birmingham
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Director of the Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council, Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow Global Health, University of Birmingham
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, Swinburne University of Technology
