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Connecting health apps to health care can enable better care for patients with chronic diseases, and it has the potential to lower skyrocketing US health spending.
South Africa needs a public health response that expands the successes of the country’s HIV testing and treatment programme to provide care for multiple diseases.
Governments must take urgent action to prevent noncommunicable diseases from becoming an uncontrollable epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. Sugar-sweetened beverage taxation offers a potential solution.
The results are in: South Africa’s ground-breaking health promotion levy, introduced in 2018, is working.
Current blood pressure targets are based on information from high-income countries. This might mean that these targets are not ideal for South Africans.
Although they remain untested as a treatment, this suggests these drugs could be used as a therapeutic against the coronavirus.
Current treatments for multimorbidity involve taking multiple drugs to manage symptoms, which often has adverse health effects.
Cardiovascular risk factors like diabetes and hypertension are preventable or relatively easy to treat with inexpensive medication.
Teaching deaf babies sign language improves the success of cochlear implants – and also safeguards their long-term physical and mental health.
COVID-19 has stretched South Africa’s public health services to capacity. In response, the services have increased their capacity through innovation.
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.
Professor Akinkugbe made significant contributions in hypertension and renal medicine research. He was widely acclaimed as the authority on hypertension in African 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.
Reducing maternal deaths in developing countries relies on the ability of health systems to swiftly identify and manage women at high risk.
The use of antihypertension medication during the coronavirus pandemic has been a subject of hot debate but people should be cautious about simple conclusions.
Eating healthy food, exercising regularly and reducing stress are all measures we can take to stay as healthy as possible to fight off infection while we wait for a coronavirus vaccine.
Measure your blood pressure at home, check in with your GP, and keep an eye on your diet and exercise.
Fears have circulated over a drug used to treat high blood pressure and whether it increases mortality in those with COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know.
How Ace inhibitors work to lower blood pressure.
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SHARP Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Global Health, Institute for Applied Research, University of Birmingham
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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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Professor: Health and Population Division, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Research Scientist, African Population and Health Research Center
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Brett Montgomery is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Research Manager at MRC/Wits Agincourt Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand
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Director: MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor (Reader), Wits School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Internal Medicine and Preventative Cardiology, Griffith University
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Accredited Practising Dietitian; Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics, Flinders University
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Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Health Sciences, The Open University
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Course coordinator for postgraduate level Certificate in Ergonomics, Rhodes University
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Professor of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Yale University
