While overall fertility across Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is still high, rates have been declining among educated and wealthier women in many countries since the 1970s. It not clear whether, five decades later, consistently lower

AFRICA 469 letter to the Editor a systematic overview of prospective cohort studies of cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan africa: reply to Bovet et al., and Gao et al. dear Sir Two groups of investigators have recently provided evidence supporting the need for elaborated longitudinal studies to inform successful health service and policy solutions to the growing problem of chronic and cardio...

INTRODUCTION Severe chronic hepatic schistosomiasis is a common cause of episodes upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, there is paucity of data on clinical epidemiology of episodes of UGIB from rural Africa despite on going public health interventions to control and eliminate schistosomiasis. METHODS Through a cross sectional study we profiled lifetime ...

BACKGROUND Despite the introduction of HPV vaccines, the incidence of HPV-related cancers (cervical, penile, anal, vulvar, vagina, head, and neck) in sub-Saharan Africa has been rising. The increasing incidence of these HPV-related cancers has been attributed to changes in lifestyle-related risk factors, most notably sexual behavior. The main objective of this study is to map evidence on the di...

This study contributes to a deeper understanding and perspective on the current debate structural transformation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by investigating effect of technical vocational education training industrial performance between 1980 - 2018. The panel data used for this were obtained from World Development Indicators (WDI), International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Educa...

South Africa (SA) is undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition and has the highest prevalence of obesity in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with black women being the most affected (obesity prevalence 31.8%). Although genetic factors are important, socio-cultural, environmental and behavioural factors, as well as the influence of socio-economic status, more likely explain the high prevalence of o...

BACKGROUND Hypertension was once considered rare in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but currently it has become a widespread problem with immense socioeconomic importance. The purpose of this review is to summarise new information on hypertension in SSA that has been published since the last major review in 2008. METHODS AND RESULTS A literature search was performed in Pubmed, Embase, WHO Global Ca...

Yam is a major staple in West and Central Africa and an important supplementary food in East Africa. Three varieties of yam are grown in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), though only two are indigenous to the region. White yam (D. rotundata) and yellow yam (D. cayenensis) are native to West Africa, and the production area stretches from central Cote d‘Ivoire to Cameroon. East African production of wate...

Objectives. To review epidemiologic studies on the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors of dementia in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Methods. A MEDLINE search (from January 1992 to December 31, 2013) of epidemiologic studies, with no language restriction, was conducted using the keywords "dementia" or "Alzheimer's" and "Africa." We selected for review population and hospital-based studies that r...

The burden of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is not well known. We carried out a systematic review of the literature to identify published work from SSA. We have systematically searched four databases, namely, Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and Child Development & Adolescent Studies, through EBSCO and identified studies from across SSA. Based on predefined inclusion cr...