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  • Manufacturing doubt about endocrine disrupter science : a rebuttal of industry-sponsored critical comments on the UNEP/WHO report “State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 2012” 
    Bergman, Åke; Becher, Georg; Blumberg, Bruce; Bjerregaard, Poul; Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Brandt, Ingvar; Casey, Stephanie C.; Frouin, Heloise; Giudice, Linda C.; Heindel, Jerrold J.; Iguchi, Taisen; Jobling, Susan; Kidd, Karen A.; Kortenkamp, Andreas; Lind, P. Monica; Muir, Derek; Ochieng, Roseline; Ropstad, Erik; Ross, Peter S.; Skakkebaek, Niels Erik; Toppari, Jorma; Vandenberg, Laura N.; Woodruff, Tracey J.; Zoeller, R. Thomas (Elsevier, 2015-12)
    We present a detailed response to the critique of “State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals 2012” (UNEP/WHO, 2013) by financial stakeholders, authored by Lamb et al. (2014). Lamb et al.'s claim that UNEP/WHO ...
  • Mapping age‑ and sex‑specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub‑Saharan Africa, 2000–2018 
    Serfes, Audrey L.; Cork, Michael A.; Yang, Mingyou; Abbastabar, Hedayat; Abhilash, E.S.; Adabi, Maryam; Adebayo, Oladimeji M.; Adekanmbi, Victor; Adeyinka, Daniel Adedayo; Afzal, Saira; Ahinkorah, Bright Opoku; Ahmadi, Keivan; Ahmed, Muktar Beshir; Akalu, Yonas; Akinyemi, Rufus Olusola; Akunna, Chisom Joyqueenet; Alahdab, Fares; Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour; Alanzi, Turki M.; Alene, Kefyalew Addis; Alhassan, Robert Kaba; Alipour, Vahid; Almasi‑Hashiani, Amir; Alvis‑Guzman, Nelson; Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena; Amini, Saeed; Amugsi, Dickson A.; Ancuceanu, Robert; Anvari, Davood; Yaw Appiah, Seth Christopher; Arabloo, Jalal; Aremu, Olatunde; Asemahagn, Mulusew A.; Jafarabadi, Mohammad Asghari; Awedew, Atalel Fentahun; Quintanilla, Beatriz Paulina Ayala; Ayanore, Martin Amogre; Aynalem, Yared Asmare; Azari, Samad; Azene, Zelalem Nigussie; Darshan, B.B.; Babalola, Tesleem Kayode; Baig, Atif Amin; Banach, Maciej; Barnighausen, Till Winfried; Bell, Arielle Wilder; Bhagavathula, Akshaya Srikanth; Bhardwaj, Nikha; Bhardwaj, Pankaj; Bhattacharyya, Krittika; Bijani, Ali; Bitew, Zebenay Workneh; Bohlouli, Somayeh; Bolarinwa, Obasanjo Afolabi; Boloor, Archith; Bozicevic, Ivana; Butt, Zahid A.; Cardenas, Rosario; Carvalho, Felix; Charan, Jaykaran; Chattu, Vijay Kumar; Chowdhury, Mohiuddin Ahsanul Kabir; Chu, Dinh‑Toi; Cowden, Richard G.; Dahlawi, Saad M.A.; Damiani, Giovanni; Darteh, Eugene Kofuor Maafo; Darwesh, Aso Mohammad; Das Neves, Jose; Weaver, Nicole Davis; De Leo, Diego; De Neve, Jan‑Walter; Deribe, Kebede; Deuba, Keshab; Dharmaratne, Samath; Dianatinasab, Mostafa; Diaz, Daniel; Didarloo, Alireza; Djalalinia, Shirin; Dorostkar, Fariba; Dubljanin, Eleonora; Duko, Bereket; El Tantawi, Maha; El‑Jaafary, Shaimaa I.; Eshrati, Babak; Eskandarieh, Sharareh; Eyawo, Oghenowede; Ezeonwumelu, Ifeanyi Jude; Ezzikouri, Sayeh; Farzadfar, Farshad; Fattahi, Nazir; Fauk, Nelsensius Klau; Fernandes, Eduarda; Filip, Irina; Fischer, Florian; Foigt, Nataliya A.; Foroutan, Masoud; Fukumoto, Takeshi; Gad, Mohamed M.; Gaidhane, Abhay Motiramji; Gebregiorgis, Birhan Gebresillassie; Gebremedhin, Ketema Bizuwork; Getacher, Lemma; Ghadiri, Keyghobad; Ghashghaee, Ahmad; Golechha, Mahaveer; Mohialdeen Gubari, Mohammed Ibrahim; Gugnani, Harish Chander; Guimaraes, Rafael Alves; Haider, Mohammad Rifat; Haj‑Mirzaian, Arvin; Hamidi, Samer; Hashi, Abdiwahab; Hassanipour, Soheil; Hassankhani, Hadi; Hayat, Khezar; Herteliu, Claudiu; Ho, Hung Chak; Holla, Ramesh; Hosseini, Mostafa; Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi; Hwang, Bing‑Fang; Ibitoye, Segun Emmanuel; Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen; Ilic, Irena M.; Ilic, Milena D.; Islam, Rakibul M.; Iwu, Chidozie Declan; Jakovljevic, Mihajlo; Jha, Ravi Prakash; Ji, John S.; Johnson, Kimberly B.; Joseph, Nitin; Joshua, Vasna; Joukar, Farahnaz; Jozwiak, Jacek Jerzy; Kalankesh, Leila R.; Kalhor, Rohollah; Kamyari, Naser; Kanchan, Tanuj; Matin, Behzad Karami; Karimi, Salah Eddin; Kayode, Gbenga A.; Karyani, Ali Kazemi; Keramati, Maryam; Khan, Ejaz Ahmad; Khan, Gulfaraz; Khan, Md Nuruzzaman; Khatab, Khaled; Khubchandani, Jagdish; Kim, Yun Jin; Kisa, Adnan; Kisa, Sezer; Kopec, Jacek A.; Kosen, Soewarta; Laxminarayana, Sindhura Lakshmi Koulmane; Koyanagi, Ai; rishan, Kewal K; Defo, Barthelemy Kuate; Kugbey, Nuworza; Kulkarni, Vaman; Kumar, Manasi; Kumar, Nithin; Kusuma, Dian; La Vecchia, Carlo; Lal, Dharmesh Kumar; Landires, Ivan; Larson, Heidi Jane; Lasrado, Savita; Paul H. Lee; Li, Shanshan; Liu, Xuefeng; Maleki, Afshin; Malik, Preeti; Mansournia, Mohammad Ali; Martins‑Melo, Francisco Rogerlândio; Mendoza, Walter; Menezes, Ritesh G.; Mengesha, Endalkachew Worku; Meretoja, Tuomo J.; Mestrovic, Tomislav; Mirica, Andreea; Moazen, Babak; Mohamad, Osama; Mohammad, Yousef; Mohammadian‑ Hafshejani, Abdollah; Mohammadpourhodki, Reza; Mohammed, Salahuddin; Mohammed, Shafiu; Mokdad, Ali H.; Moradi, Masoud; Moraga, Paula; Mubarik, Sumaira; Mulu, Getaneh Baye B.; Mwanri, Lillian; Nagarajan, Ahamarshan Jayaraman; Naimzada, Mukhammad David; Naveed, Muhammad; Nazari, Javad; Ndejjo, Rawlance; Negoi, Ionut; Ngalesoni, Frida N.; Nguefack‑Tsague, Georges; Ngunjiri, Josephine W.; Nguyen, Cuong Tat; Nguyen, Huong Lan Thi; Nnaji, Chukwudi A.; Noubiap, Jean Jacques; Nunez‑Samudio, Virginia; Nwatah, Vincent Ebuka; Oancea, Bogdan; Odukoya, Oluwakemi Ololade; Olagunju, Andrew T.; Olakunde, Babayemi Oluwaseun; Olusanya, Bolajoko Olubukunola; Olusanya, Jacob Olusegun; Bali, Ahmed Omar; Onwujekwe, Obinna E.; Orisakwe, Orish Ebere; Otstavnov, Nikita; Otstavnov, Stanislav S.; Owolabi, Mayowa O.; Mahesh, P.A.; Padubidri, Jagadish Rao; Pana, Adrian; Pandey, Ashok; Pandi‑Perumal, Seithikurippu R.; Kan, Fatemeh Pashazadeh; Patton, George C.; Pawar, Shrikant; Peprah, Emmanuel K.; Postma, Maarten J.; Preotescu, Liliana; Syed, Zahiruddin Quazi; Rabiee, Navid; Radfar, Amir; Rafiei, Alireza; Rahim, Fakher; Rahimi‑Movaghar, Vafa; Rahmani, Amir Masoud; Ramezanzadeh, Kiana; Rana, Juwel; Ranabhat, Chhabi Lal; Rao, Sowmya J.; Rawaf, David Laith; Rawaf, Salman; Rawassizadeh, Reza; Regassa, Lemma Demissie; Rezaei, Nima; Rezapour, Aziz; Riaz, Mavra A.; Ribeiro, Ana Isabel; Ross, Jennifer M.; Rubagotti, Enrico; Rumisha, Susan Fred; Rwegerera, Godfrey M.; Moghaddam, Sahar Saeedi; Sagar, Rajesh; Sahiledengle, Biniyam; Sahu, Maitreyi; Salem, Marwa Rashad; Kafil, Hossein Samadi; Samy, Abdallah M.; Sartorius, Benn; Sathian, Brijesh; Seidu, Abdul‑Aziz; Shaheen, Amira A.; Shaikh, Masood Ali; Shamsizadeh, Morteza; Shiferaw, Wondimeneh Shibabaw; Shin, Jae Il; Shrestha, Roman; Singh, Jasvinder A.; Skryabin, Valentin Yurievich; Skryabina, Anna Aleksandrovna; Soltani, Shahin; Sufiyan, Mu’awiyyah Babale; Tabuchi, Takahiro; Tadesse, Eyayou Girma; Taveira, Nuno; Tesfay, Fisaha Haile; Thapar, Rekha; Tovani‑Palone, Marcos Roberto; Tsegaye, Gebiyaw Wudie; Umeokonkwo, Chukwuma David; Unnikrishnan, Bhaskaran; Villafane, Jorge Hugo; Violante, Francesco S.; Vo, Bay; Vu, Giang Thu; Wado, Yohannes Dibaba; Waheed, Yasir; Wamai, Richard G.; Wang, Yanzhong; Ward, Paul; Wickramasinghe, Nuwan Darshana; Wilson, Katherine; Yaya, Sanni; Yip, Paul; Yonemoto, Naohiro; Yu, Chuanhua; Zastrozhin, Mikhail Sergeevich; Zhang, Yunquan; Zhang, Zhi‑Jiang; Hay, Simon I.; Dwyer‑Lindgren, Laura; Local Burden of Disease sub-Saharan Africa HIV Prevalence (BMC, 2022)
    BACKGROUND : Human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is still among the leading causes of disease burden and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and the world is not on track to ...
  • Mapping evidence of mobile health technologies for disease diagnosis and treatment support by health workers in sub-Saharan Africa : a scoping review 
    Osei, Ernest; Kuupiel, Desmond; Vezi, Portia Nelisiwe; Mashamba‑Thompson, Tivani Phosa (BMC, 2021-01)
    BACKGROUND: The rapid growth of mobile technology has given rise to the development of mobile health (mHealth) applications aimed at treating and preventing a wide range of health conditions. However, evidence on the ...
  • Mapping evidence of self-sampling to diagnose sexually transmitted infections in women : a scoping review 
    Jaya, Ziningi Nobuhle; Mapanga, Witness; Van Niekerk, Brian; Dlangalala, Thobeka Nomzamo; Kgarosi, Kabelo; Dzobo, Mathias; Mulqueeny, Delarise; Mashamba‑Thompson, Tivani Phosa (MDPI, 2022-07-26)
    BACKGROUND : Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a major global healthcare burden, disproportionately affecting women. Self-sampling interventions for diagnostic purposes have the potential to improve STI healthcare ...
  • Mapping evidence on the acceptability of human papillomavirus self-sampling for cervical cancer screening among women in sub-Saharan Africa : a scoping review 
    Dzobo, Mathias; Dzinamarira, Tafadzwa; Maluleke, Kuhlula; Jaya, Ziningi Nobuhle; Kgarosi, Kabelo; Mashamba‑Thompson, Tivani Phosa (BMJ Publishing Group, 2023-04)
    OBJECTIVES : The objective of this scoping review was to map evidence on the acceptability of self-sampling for human papillomavirus testing (HPVSS) for cervical cancer screening among women in the sub-Saharan Africa ...
  • Mapping evidence on the burden of breast, cervical, and prostate cancers in Sub-Saharan Africa : a scoping review 
    Musekiwa, Alfred; Moyo, Maureen; Mohammed, Mohanad; Matsena-Zingoni, Zvifadzo; Twabi, Halima Sumayya; Batidzira, Jesca Mercy; Singini, Geoffrey Chiyuzga; Kgarosi, Kabelo; Mchunu, Nobuhle; Nevhungoni, Portia; Silinda, Patricia; Ekwomadu, Theodora; Maposa, Innocent (Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-06-16)
    BACKGROUND : Cancer remains a major public health problem, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where the provision of health care is poor. This scoping review mapped evidence in the literature regarding the burden of ...
  • Maternal blood levels of toxic and essential elements and birth outcomes in Argentina : the EMASAR study 
    Xu, Shanshan; Hansen, Solrunn; Sripada, Kam; Aarsland, Torbjorn; Horvat, Milena; Mazej, Darja; Alvarez, Marisa Viviana; Odland, Jon Oyvind (MDPI, 2022-03-18)
    Pregnant women’s levels of toxic and essential minerals have been linked to birth outcomes yet have not been adequately investigated in South America. In Argentina, n = 696 maternal whole blood samples from Ushuaia (n = ...
  • Maternal characteristics and birth outcomes resulting from births before arrival at health facilities in Nkangala District, South Africa 
    Khupakonke, Sikhulile; Beke, Andy; Amoko, Donald H.A. (BioMed Central, 2017-12-02)
    BACKGROUND : Risks of severe, avoidable maternal and neonatal complications at birth are increased if the birth occurs before arrival at the health facility and in the absence of skilled birth attendants. Birth Before ...
  • Maternal exposure to DDT, DDE, and pyrethroid insecticides for malaria vector control and hypospadias in the VHEMBE birth cohort study, Limpopo, South Africa 
    Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Acerini, Carlo L.; Chevrier, Jonathan; Rauch, Stephen A.; Crause, Madelein; Obida, Muvhulawa; Eskenazi, Brenda (Elsevier, 2022-11)
    Hypospadias is the ectopic opening of the urethra on the penis or scrotum. Exposure to estrogenic and/or anti-androgenic chemicals in utero may play an etiologic role. DDT and the pyrethroids cypermethrin and deltamethrin, ...
  • Maternal exposure to pyrethroid insecticides during pregnancy and respiratory allergy symptoms among children participating in the Venda Health Examination of Mothers, Babies and their Environment (VHEMBE) 
    Elsiwi, Basant; Eskenazi, Brenda; Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Obida, Muvhulawa; Kim, Joanne; Moodie, Erica E.M.; Mann, Koren K.; Chevrier, Jonathan (Elsevier, 2024-02)
    BACKGROUND : Pyrethroid insecticides use for indoor residual spraying (IRS) in malaria-endemic areas results in high levels of exposure to local populations. Pyrethroids may cause asthma and respiratory allergies but ...
  • Maternal factors contributing to low birth weight deliveries in Tshwane District, South Africa 
    Tshotetsi, Lumbani; Dzikiti, Loveness Nyaradzo; Hajison, Precious; Feresu, Shingairai (Public Library of Science, 2019-03)
    BACKGROUND : Low birth weight continues to be a main cause of child morbidity and mortality. Low birth weight can cause complications in adult life, and is therefore a public health concern. In this study, we determined ...
  • Maternal mortality decline in Zimbabwe, 2007/2008 to 2018/2019 : findings from mortality surveys using civil registration, vital statistics and health system data 
    Musarandega, Reuben; Cresswell, Jenny; Magwali, Thulani; Makosa, Davidzoyashe; Machekano, Rhoderick; Ngwenya, Solwayo; Nystrom, Lennarth; Pattinson, Robert Clive; Munjanja, Stephen (BMJ Publishing Group, 2022-08)
    BACKGROUND : Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.1 target is to reduce the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to less than 70 maternal deaths per 100 000 live births by 2030. In the Ending Preventable Maternal Mortality ...
  • Maternal peripartum serum DDT/E and urinary pyrethroid metabolite concentrations and child infections at 2 years in the VHEMBE birth cohort 
    Huang, Jonathan; Eskenazi, Brenda; Bornman, Maria S. (Riana); Rauch, Stephen; Chevrier, Jonathan (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2018-06-14)
    BACKGROUND : Indoor residual spraying (IRS) of insecticides, conducted in low- and middle-income countries to control malaria, may result in high exposure to dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), its breakdown product ...
  • Maternal serum levels of perfluoroalkyl substances and organochlorines and indices of fetal growth : a Scandinavian case–cohort study 
    Lauritzen, Hilde B.; Larose, Tricia L.; Oien, Torbjorn; Sandanger, Torkjel M.; Odland, Jon Oyvind; Van de Bor, Margot; Jacobsen, Geir W. (Nature Publishing Group, 2017-01)
    BACKGROUND : The associations between prenatal exposure to endocrine disruptive chemicals (EDCs) and fetal growth are inconsistent, and few studies have considered small-for-gestational- age (SGA) birth as an outcome. ...
  • Maternal urinary levels of trichloroacetic acid and association with adverse pregnancy outcomes 
    Mashau, Funanani; Ncube, Esper Jacobeth; Voyi, K.V.V. (Kuku) (IWA Publishing, 2019-12)
    The current study aimed to determine the association between trichloroacetic acid (TCAA) levels and adverse pregnancy outcomes among third-trimester pregnant women who were exposed to chlorinated drinking water. A total ...
  • Maternal, newborn and child health : service delivery 
    Bamford, Lesley (Health Systems Trust, 2012)
    Maternal and child mortality rates are declining on a global level, although progress remains insufficient to achieve Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 by 2015. Although South Africa (SA) continues to experience ...
  • Measles outbreak in South Africa, 2003 - 2005 
    McMorrow, Meredith L.; Gebremedhin, Goitom; Van den Heever, Johann; Kezaala, Robert; Harris, Bernice Nerine; Nandy, Robin; Strebel, Peter; Jack, Abdoulie; Cairns, K. Lisa (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2009-05)
    OBJECTIVES: Measles was virtually eliminated in South Africa following control activities in 1996 / 7. However, from July 2003 to November 2005, 1 676 laboratory-confirmed measles cases were reported in South Africa. We ...
  • Measles outbreak in South Africa: epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed measles cases and assessment of intervention, 2009-2011 
    Ntshoe, Genevie M.; McAnerney, Johanna M.; Archer, Brett N.; Smit, Sheilagh B.; Harris, Bernice Nerine; Tempia, Stefano; Mashele, Mirriam; Singh, Beverley; Thomas, Juno; Cengimbo, Ayanda; Blumberg, Lucille Hellen; Puren, Adrian; Moyes, Jocelyn; Van den Heever, Johann; Schoub, Barry D.; Cohen, Cheryl; Hahm, Bumsuk (Public Library of Science, 2013-02-20)
    BACKGROUND: Since 1995, measles vaccination at nine and 18 months has been routine in South Africa; however, coverage seldom reached .95%. We describe the epidemiology of laboratory-confirmed measles case-patients and ...
  • Measuring community flood resilience and associated factors in rural Malawi 
    Dewa, Ozius; Makoka, Donald; Ayo-Yusuf, Olalekan Abdulwahab (Wiley, 2023-03)
    With global estimates showing an increasing trend in flooding and its adverse effects on communities and population health, resilience is presented as a concept with potential to help integrate disaster risk management, ...
  • Medical schools in sub-Saharan Africa 
    Mullan, Fitzhugh; Frehywot, Seble; Omaswa, Francis; Buch, Eric; Chen, Candice; Greysen, S.R.; Wassermann, Travis; Abu Bakr, Diaa Eldin El Gali; Awases, Magda; Boelen, Charles; Diomande, Mohenou Jean-Marie Isidore; Dovlo, Delanyo; Ferro, Josefo; Haileamlak, Abraham; Iputo, Jehu; Jacobs, Marian; Koumare, Abdel Karim; Mipando, Mwapatsa; Monekosso, Gottleib Lobe; Olapade-Olaopa, Emiola Oluwabunmi; Rugarabamu, Paschalis; Sewankambo, Nelson K; Ross, Heather; Ayas, Huda; Chale, Selam Bedada; Cyprien, Soeurette; Cohen, Jordan; Haile-Mariam, Tenagne; Hamburger, Ellen; Jolley, Laura; Kolars, Joseph C.; Kombe, Gilbert; Neusy, Andre-Jacques (Elsevier, 2011-03)
    Small numbers of graduates from few medical schools, and emigration of graduates to other countries, contribute to low physician presence in sub-Saharan Africa. The Sub-Saharan African Medical School Study examined the ...