1. Mash RJ, Cairncross J. Comprehensive patient education and counselling for non-communicable diseases in primary care, Western Cape. S Afr Fam Pract. 2023;65(1), a5634. https:// doi.org/10.4102/safp. v65i1.5634 
  2. Mash RJ, Cairncross J. Piloting of virtual group education for diabetes in Cape Town: An exploratory qualitative study S Afr Fam Pract. 2023;65(1), a5635. https://doi.org/10.4102/safp.v65i1.5635
  3. Hendricks, L., Uwimana-Nicol, J. & Young, T. Decision makers perceptions and experiences of developing population-level interventions targeting risk factors for hypertension and diabetes in South Africa: a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 146 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09135-x​​​​​
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  1. Applying systems thinking to identify enablers and challenges to scale-up interventions for hypertension and diabetes in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol for a longitudinal mixed-methods study. Anusha Ramani-Chander ,1 Rohina Joshi ,2,3 Josefien van Olmen,4 Edwin Wouters ,5 Peter Delobelle ,6,7 Rajesh Vedanthan ,8 J Jaime Miranda ,9,10 Brian Oldenburg,11 Stephen Sherwood,12 Lal B Rawal,13 Robert James Mash ,14 Vilma Edith Irazola,15 Monika Martens,16,17 Maria Lazo-Porras, 9 Hueiming Liu ,10 Gina Agarwal,18 Gade Waqa,19 Milena Soriano Marcolino ,20 Maria Eugenia Esandi,21 Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro ,22,23 Ari Probandari ,24 Francisco González-Salazar, 25 Abha Shrestha ,26,27 Sujarwoto Sujarwoto ,28 Naomi Levitt,29 Myriam Paredes,30 Tomohiko Sugishita,31 Malek Batal,32,33 Yuan Li,34,35 Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli ,36 Violet Naanyu,37 Feng J He,38 Puhong Zhang,35,39 Sayoki Godfrey Mfinanga ,40,41 Jan-Walter De Neve ,42 Meena Daivadanam,43,44 Kamran Siddiqi ,45 Pascal Geldsetzer,46,47 Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch ,48,49 Mark D Huffman,10,50 Jacqui Webster,10 Dike Ojji,51 Andrea Beratarrechea,52 Maoyi Tian,10,53 Maarten Postma,54 Mayowa O Owolabi ,55 Josephine Birungi,56,57 Laura Antonietti,58 Zulma Ortiz,21 Anushka Patel,10 David Peiris ,10 Darcelle Schouw,14 Jaap Koot,54 Keiko Nakamura,59 Gindo Tampubolon,60 Amanda G Thrift ,1 on behalf of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases Upscaling Working Group Collaborators. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053122, BMJ Open.
  2. IDF Diabetes Atlas: Estimation of Global and Regional Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence for 2021 by International Association of Diabetes in Pregnancy Study Group’s Criteria Hui Wang a,1, Ninghua Li a,1, Tawanda Chivese b, Mahmoud Werfalli c, Hong Sun d, Lili Yuen e, Cecilia Ambrosius Hoegfeldt f, Camille Elise Powe g, Jincy Immanuel e, Suvi Karuranga d, Hema Divakar h, NAomi Levitt i,j, Changping Li a, David Simmons f, Xilin Yang a,*, IDF Diabetes Atlas Committee Hyperglycaemia in Pregnancy Special Interest Group. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2021.109050, Elsevier Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  3. Multimorbidity of non-communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Ogechukwu Augustina Asogwa,1,2 Daniel Boateng ,1,3 Anna Marzà-Florensa ,1 Sanne Peters,1,4 Naomi Levitt,5 Josefien van Olmen,6,7 Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch 1,8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049133, BMJ Open
  4. Cognitive and Motor Development in 3‑ to 6‑Year‑Old Children Born to Mothers with Hyperglycaemia First Detected in Pregnancy in an Urban African Population, L. M. Soepnel1,2 · V. Nicolaou2 · C. E. Draper2 · N. S.Levitt3 K. Klipstein‑Grobusch1,4 · S. A. Norris2,5 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-021-03331-z Springer link: Maternal and Child Health Journal
  5. Building knowledge, optimising physical and mental health and setting up healthier life trajectories in South African women (Bukhali): a preconception randomised control trial part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) Shane A Norris,1,2 Catherine E Draper,1 Alessandra Prioreschi,1 CM Smuts,3 Lisa Jayne Ware ,1,4 CindyLee Dennis ,5 Philip Awadalla,6 D Bassani,7 Zulfiqar Bhutta ,7,8 Laurent Briollais,9 D William Cameron,10,11 Tobias Chirwa,12 B Fallon,13 CM Gray,14,15 Jill Hamilton ,16 J Jamison,17 Heather Jaspan,15 Jennifer Jenkins,18 Kathleen Kahn,12,19 AP Kengne,20 Estelle V Lambert,21 Naomi Levitt,22 Marie-Claude Martin,9 Michele Ramsay,23 Daniel Roth,16,24 Stephen Scherer,24,25 Daniel Sellen,26 Wiedaad Slemming ,27 Deborah Sloboda,28 M Szyf,29 Stephen Tollman,12,19 Mark Tomlinson ,30 Suzanne Tough,31 Stephen G Matthews,9,32 Linda Richter,4 Stephen Lye1,9,32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059914 BMJ Open
  6. The diagnostic accuracy of HbA1c, compared to the oral glucose tolerance test, for screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in Africa —A systematic review and meta-analysis Tawanda Chivese1 | Jennifer Hirst2 | Joshua T. Matizanadzo3 | Michael Custodio4 | Andrew Farmer2 | Shane Norris5 | Naomi Levitt6. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14754 Diabetic Medicine
  7. Evaluation of an adapted version of the Diabetes Prevention Program for low- and middle-income countries: A cluster randomized trial to evaluate “Lifestyle Africa” in South Africa Delwyn Catley1,2*, Thandi PuoaneID 3, Lungiswa Tsolekile3, Ken ResnicowID 4, Kandace K. Fleming5, Emily A. HurleyID 2,6, Joshua M. SmythID 7, Frank T. MateriaID 6, Estelle V. LambertID 8, Mara Z. Vitolins9, Naomi S. Levitt10, Kathy GogginID 2,6,11 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003964 Plos Medicine
  8. Perceived cardiovascular disease risk and tailored communication strategies among rural and urban community dwellers in Rwanda: a qualitative study Jean Berchmans Niyibizi1*, Kufre Joseph Okop2, Jean Pierre Nganabashaka1, Ghislaine Umwali1, Stephen Rulisa1,3, Seleman Ntawuyirushintege1, David Tumusiime1, Alypio Nyandwi4, Evariste Ntaganda5, Peter Delobelle2,6, Naomi Levitt2 and Charlotte M. Bavuma1,3 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13330-6 BMC Public Health
  9. School Food Environment in Urban Zambia: A Qualitative Analysis of Drivers of Adolescent Food Choices and Their Policy Implications Mulenga Mary Mukanu , Anne Marie Thow, Peter Delobelle and Zandile June-Rose Mchiza https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19127460 Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
  10. Diabetes self-management: a qualitative study on challenges and solutions from the perspective of South African patients and health care providers Tiny Masupea ,b , Sunday Onagbiyec , Thandi Puoaneb , Absetz Pilvikkid , Helle Mölsted Alvessone , and Peter Delobelleb ,f ,g https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2022.2090098 GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION
  11. Determinants of dietary patterns in school going adolescents in Urban Zambia, Mulenga Mary Mukanu, Peter Delobelle, Anne Marie Thow and Zandile June-Rose Mchiza, https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.956109, Frontiers in Nutrition

  12. Integrated Management of Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes in the Context of Multi-Morbidity in Africa: A Systematic Review: Jean Claude Mutabazi, Mahmoud Werfalli, Angeli Rawat, Ezekiel Musa, Tawanda Chivese, Shane Norris, Katherine Murphy, Helen Trottier, Naomi Levitt, Christina Zarowsky https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.560, International Journal of Integrated Care

  13. Process evaluation of a pragmatic implementation trial to support self-management for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes in Uganda, South Africa and Sweden in the SMART2D project Josefien van Olmen ,1 Pilvikki Absetz,2 Roy William Mayega,3 Linda Timm,4 Peter Delobelle,5,6 Helle Mölsted Alvesson,7 Glorai Naggayi,8 Francis Kasujja,3 Mariam Hassen,9 Jeroen de Man,1 Kristi Sidney Annerstedt ,10 Thandi Puoane,10,11 Claes-Göran Östenson,12 Goran Tomson,13 David Guwatudde,14 Meena Daivadanam10,15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2022-002902 BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care 

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  1. Re-envisioning health promotion: Thinking and acting salutogenically towards equity for historically resilient communities. Ottemöller FG, Matenga TFL, Corbin JH, Nakhuda H, Delobelle P, Ayele C, Boston-Fisher N, Leitch S, Wicker J, Mweemba O. Glob Health Promot. 2021 Dec;28(4):88-96. doi: 10.1177/17579759211035089. Epub 2021 Sep 2.
  2. Black Lives Matter in health promotion: moving from unspoken to outspoken. Leitch S, Corbin JH, Boston-Fisher N, Ayele C, Delobelle P, Gwanzura Ottemöller F, Matenga TFL, Mweemba O, Pederson A, Wicker J. Health Promot Int. 2021 Aug 30;36(4):1160-1169. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaa121.
  3. Mixed method evaluation of the CEBHA+ integrated knowledge translation approach: a protocol. Pfadenhauer LM, Grath T, Delobelle P, Jessani N, Meerpohl JJ, Rohwer A, Schmidt BM, Toews I, Akiteng AR, Chapotera G, Kredo T, Levitt N, Ntawuyirushintege S, Sell K, Rehfuess EA. Health Res Policy Syst. 2021 Jan 18;19(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s12961-020-00675-w.
  4. Using photography to explore people with diabetes' perspectives on food environments in urban and rural South Africa. Spires M, Delobelle P, Sanders D, Puoane T. Health Promot Int. 2021 Mar 12;36(1):120-131. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaa035.
  5. Explaining the impact of mHealth on maternal and child health care in low- and middle-income countries: a realist synthesis. Kabongo EM, Mukumbang FC, Delobelle P, Nicol E. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2021 Mar 9;21(1):196. doi: 10.1186/s12884-021-03684-x.
  6. Integrated knowledge translation to advance noncommunicable disease policy and practice in South Africa: application of the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, and Sustainment (EPIS) framework. Jessani NS, Rohwer A, Schmidt BM, Delobelle P. Health Res Policy Syst. 2021 May 17;19(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s12961-021-00733-x.
  7. The Lancet Commission on diabetes: using data to transform diabetes care and patient lives. Chan JCN, Lim LL, Wareham NJ, Shaw JE, Orchard TJ, Zhang P, Lau ESH, Eliasson B, Kong APS, Ezzati M, Aguilar-Salinas CA, McGill M, Levitt NS, Ning G, So WY, Adams J, Bracco P, Forouhi NG, Gregory GA, Guo J, Hua X, Klatman EL, Magliano DJ, Ng BP, Ogilvie D, Panter J, Pavkov M, Shao H, Unwin N, White M, Wou C, Ma RCW, Schmidt MI, Ramachandran A, Seino Y, Bennett PH, Oldenburg B, Gagliardino JJ, Luk AOY, Clarke PM, Ogle GD, Davies MJ, Holman RR, Gregg EW. Lancet. 2021 Dec 19;396(10267):2019-2082. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32374-6. Epub 2020 Nov 12.
  8. Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Lancet. 2021 Sep 11;398(10304):957-980. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01330-1. Epub 2021 Aug 24.
  9. Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Elife. 2021 Mar 9;10:e60060. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60060.
  10. Kisspeptins and Glucose Homeostasis in Pregnancy: Implications for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus-a Review Article. Musa E, Matjila M, Levitt NS. Reprod Sci. 2022 Feb;29(2):321-327. doi: 10.1007/s43032-020-00437-7. Epub 2021 Jan 4.
  11. IDF Diabetes Atlas: The prevalence of pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy - A systematic reviewand meta-analysis of studies published during 2010-2020. Chivese T, Hoegfeldt CA, Werfalli M, Yuen L, Sun H, Karuranga S, Li N, Gupta A, Immanuel J, Divakar H, Powe CE, Levitt NS, Yang X, Simmons D. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2022 Jan;183:109049. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.109049. Epub 2021 Dec 6.
  12. Integration of mental health counselling into chronic disease services at the primary health care level: Formative research on dedicated versus designated strategies in the Western Cape, South Africa. Sorsdahl K, Naledi T, Lund C, Levitt NS, Joska JA, Stein DJ, Myers B. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2021 Jul;26(3):172-179. doi: 10.1177/1355819620954232. Epub 2020 Sep 24.
  13. The influence of maternal blood glucose during pregnancy on weight outcomes at birth and preschool age in offspring exposed to hyperglycemia first detected during pregnancy, in a South African cohort. Chivese T, Haynes MC, van Zyl H, Kyriacos U, Levitt NS, Norris SA. PLoS One. 2021 Oct 21;16(10):e0258894. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258894. eCollection 2021.
  14. Community-driven citizen science approach to explore cardiovascular disease risk perception and develop prevention advocacy strategies in sub-Saharan Africa: a programme protocol. Okop KJ, Murphy K, Lambert EV, Kedir K, Getachew H, Howe R, Niyibizi JB, Ntawuyirushintege S, Bavuma C, Rulisa S, Kasenda S, Chipeta E, Bunn C, Crampin AC, Chapotera G, King AC, Banchoff A, Winter SJ, Levitt NS. Res Involv Engagem. 2021 Feb 26;7(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s40900-020-00246-x.
  15. Risk factors for COVID-19 hospitalisation and death in people living with diabetes: A virtual cohort study from the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Dave JA, Tamuhla T, Tiffin N, Levitt NS, Ross IL, Toet W, Davies MA, Boulle A, Coetzee A, Raubenheimer PJ. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2021 Jul; 177:108925. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2021.108925. Epub 2021 Jun 21.
  16. Obesity and adiposity of 3- to 6-year-old children born to mothers with hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy in an urban South African setting. Soepnel LM, Nicolaou V, Slater C, Chidumwa G, Levitt NS, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Norris SA. Ann Hum Biol. 2021 Mar;48(2):81-92. doi: 10.1080/03014460.2021.1918245. Epub 2021 May 6.
  17. Erratum: Demographic and socio-economic predictors of physical activity among people living with HIV of low socio-economic status. Mabweazara SZ, Leach LL, Ley C, Onagbiye SO, Dave JA, Levitt NS, Lambert EV. Health SA. 2021 Jul 29;26:1560. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v26i0.1560. eCollection 2021.
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  1. Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Nature. 2020 Jun;582(7810):73-77. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2338-1. Epub 2020 Jun 3.PMID: 32494083 Free PMC article.
  2. Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Lancet. 2020 Nov 7;396(10261):1511-1524. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31859-6.PMID: 33160572 Free PMC article.
  3. Tuberculosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and the Association With Transient Hyperglycemia in Periurban South Africa. Kubjane M, Berkowitz N, Goliath R, Levitt NS, Wilkinson RJ, Oni T. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Aug 14;71(4):1080-1088. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz928. PMID: 31557282 Free PMC article.
  4. Does social support effect knowledge and diabetes self-management practices in older persons with Type 2 diabetes attending primary care clinics in Cape Town, South Africa? Werfalli MM, Kalula SZ, Manning K, Levitt NS. PLoS One. 2020 Mar 13;15(3):e0230173. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230173. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32168342 Free PMC article.
  5. Food purchasing behaviour of shoppers from different South African socio-economic communities: results from grocery receipts, intercept surveys and in-supermarkets audits. Odunitan-Wayas FA, Okop KJ, Dover RV, Alaba OA, Micklesfield LK, Puoane T, Levitt NS, Battersby J, Meltzer ST, Lambert EV. Public Health Nutr. 2020 Jul 2:1-12. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020001275. Online ahead of print. PMID: 32611454
  6. The effectiveness of peer and community health worker-led self-management support programs for improving diabetes health-related outcomes in adults in low- and-middle-income countries: a systematic review. Werfalli M, Raubenheimer PJ, Engel M, Musekiwa A, Bobrow K, Peer N, Hoegfeldt C, Kalula S, Kengne AP, Levitt NS. Syst Rev. 2020 Jun 6;9(1):133. doi: 10.1186/s13643-020-01377-8. PMID: 32505214 Free PMC article.
  7. Deconstructing hegemonic epistemologies: an urgent call for anti-racist scholarship for health promotion and Black lives. Corbin JH, Mweemba O, Gwanzura Ottemöller F, Pederson A, Leitch S, Boston-Fisher N, Matenga TFL, Delobelle P, Ayele C, Wicker J. Health Promot Int. 2020 Oct 1;35(5):889-891. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daaa108. PMID: 33001155 No abstract available.
  8. Testing a Self-Determination Theory Model of Healthy Eating in a South African Township. De Man J, Wouters E, Delobelle P, Puoane T, Daivadanam M, Absetz P, Remmen R, van Olmen J. Front Psychol. 2020 Aug 25;11:2181. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02181. eCollection 2020. PMID: 32982885 Free PMC article.
  9. SMART2D-development and contextualization of community strategies to support self-management in prevention and control of type 2 diabetes in Uganda, South Africa, and Sweden. Absetz P, Van Olmen J, Guwatudde D, Puoane T, Alvesson HM, Delobelle P, Mayega R, Kasujja F, Naggayi G, Timm L, Hassen M, Aweko J, De Man J, Álvarez Ahlgren J, Annerstedt KS, Daivadanam M. Transl Behav Med. 2020 Feb 3;10(1):25-34. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibz188. PMID: 32011719
  10. Combining the theory of change and realist evaluation approaches to elicit an initial program theory of the MomConnect program in South Africa. M Kabongo E, Mukumbang FC, Delobelle P, Nicol E. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2020 Nov 26;20(1):282. doi: 10.1186/s12874-020-01164-y. PMID: 33243136 Free PMC article.
  11. Snapshots of Urban and Rural Food Environments: EPOCH-Based Mapping in a High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Country from a Non-Communicable Disease Perspective. Spires M, Berggreen-Clausen A, Kasujja FX, Delobelle P, Puoane T, Sanders D, Daivadanam M. Nutrients. 2020 Feb 14;12(2):484. doi: 10.3390/nu12020484. PMID: 32075027 Free PMC article.
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  1. Mobile Messaging Support Versus Usual Care for People With Type 2 Diabetes on Glycemic Control: Protocol for a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial  Andrew Farmer, Kirsty Bobrow, Natalie Leon, Nicola Williams, Enita Phiri, Hazel Namadingo, Sara Cooper, John Prince, Amelia Crampin, Donela Besada, Emmanuelle Daviaud, Ly-Mee Yu, Jonathan Ngoma, David Springer, Bruno Pauly, Shane Norris, Lionel Tarassenko, Moffat Nyirenda, Naomi Levitt: JMIR Res Protoc. 2019 Jun; 8(6): e12377. Published online 2019 May 30. doi: 10.2196/12377
  2. Progression to type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated risk factors after hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy: A cross-sectional study in Cape Town, South Africa Tawanda Chivese, Shane A. Norris, Naomi S. Levitt: PLoS Med. 2019 Sep; 16(9): e1002865. Published online 2019 Sep 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002865
  3. Current policies and practices for the provision of diabetes care and self-management support programmes for older South Africans Mahmoud Werfalli, Katherine Murphy, Sebastiana Kalula, Naomi Levitt: Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2019; 11(1): 2053. Published online 2019 Aug 29. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v11i1.2053
  4. High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and insulin resistance 6 years after hyperglycemia first detected in pregnancy in Cape Town, South Africa Tawanda Chivese, Shane A Norris, Naomi S Levitt: BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2019; 7(1): e000740. Published online 2019 Nov 27. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000740
  5. Weight underestimation and body size dissatisfaction among black African adults with obesity: Implications for health promotion Kufre J. Okop, Naomi Levitt, Thandi Puoane: Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2019; 11(1): 2022. Published online 2019 Oct 9. doi: 10.4102/phcfm.v11i1.2022
  6. Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in women of childbearing age in Africa during 2000–2016: a systematic review and meta-analysis Tawanda Chivese, Mahmoud M Werfalli, Itai Magodoro, Rekai Lionel Chinhoyi, A P Kengne, Shane A Norris, Naomi S Levitt: BMJ Open. 2019; 9(5): e024345. Published online 2019 May 22. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024345
  7. Community health worker-delivered counselling for common mental disorders among chronic disease patients in South Africa: a feasibility study Bronwyn Myers, Petal Petersen-Williams, Claire van der Westhuizen, Crick Lund, Carl Lombard, John A Joska, Naomi S Levitt, Christopher Butler, Tracey Naledi, Peter Milligan, Dan J Stein, Katherine Sorsdahl: BMJ Open. 2019; 9(1): e024277. Published online 2019 Jan 15. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024277
  8. Factors that influence patient empowerment in inpatient chronic care: early thoughts on a diabetes care intervention in South Africa Nina Abrahams, Lucy Gilson, Naomi S. Levitt, Joel A. Dave: BMC Endocr Disord. 2019; 19: 133. Published online 2019 Dec 5. doi: 10.1186/s12902-019-0465-1
  9. Experiences of lifestyle change among women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): A behavioural diagnosis using the COM-B model in a low-income setting Lorrein Shamiso Muhwava, Katherine Murphy, Christina Zarowsky, Naomi Levitt: PLoS One. 2019; 14(11): e0225431. Published online 2019 Nov 25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225431
  10.  Adapting the Diabetes Prevention Program for low and middle-income countries: protocol for a cluster randomised trial to evaluate ‘Lifestyle Africa’ Delwyn Catley, Thandi Puoane, Lungiswa Tsolekile, Ken Resnicow, Kandace Fleming, Emily A Hurley, Joshua M Smyth, Mara Z Vitolins, Estelle V Lambert, Naomi Levitt, Kathy Goggin: BMJ Open. 2019; 9(11): e031400. Published online 2019 Nov 11. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031400
  11. Integrated management of type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes within multi-morbidity conditions in Africa: a systematic review protocol Jean Claude Mutabazi, Mahmoud M Werfalli, Angeli Rawat, Ezekiel Musa, Shane A Norris, Katherine Murphy, Helen Trottier, Naomi Levitt, Christina Zarowsky: BMJ Open. 2019; 9(3): e023684. Published online 2019 Mar 12. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023684
  12. Demographic and socio-economic predictors of physical activity among people living with HIV of low socio-economic status Smart Z. Mabweazara, L.L. Leach, Clemens Ley, Sunday O. Onagbiye, Joel A. Dave, Naomi S. Levitt, Estelle V. Lambert: Health SA. 2019; 24: 1127. Published online 2019 Oct 24. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v24i0.1127
  13. Noncommunicable diseases among HIV-infected persons in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis Pragna Patel, Charles E. Rose, Pamela Y. Collins, Bernardo Nuche-Berenguer, Vikrant V. Sahasrabuddhe, Emmanuel Peprah, Susan Vorkoper, Sonak D. Pastakia, Dianne Rausch, Naomi S. Levitt, NIH HIV/NCD Project Disease Condition Technical Operating Group: AIDS. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2019 Feb 19.
  14. Big Tobacco, Alcohol, and Food and NCDs in LMICs: An Inconvenient Truth and Call to Action Comment on “Addressing NCDs: Challenges From Industry Market Promotion and Interferences” Delobelle P. Big tobacco, alcohol, and food and NCDs in LMICs: an inconvenient truth and call to action: Comment on “Addressing NCDs: challenges from industry market promotion and interferences.” Int J Health Policy Manag. 2019;8(12):727–731. doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2019.74
  15. Diabetes self-management in three different income settings: Cross-learning of barriers and opportunities De Man J, Aweko J, Daivadanam M, Alvesson HM, Delobelle P, Mayega RW, et al. (2019) Diabetes self-management in three different income settings: Cross-learning of barriers and opportunities. PLoS ONE 14(3): e0213530. https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0213530
  16. Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults. Nature. 2019;569(7755):260-264. doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1171-x
  17. Tuberculosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and the Association With Transient Hyperglycemia in Periurban South Africa. Kubjane M, Berkowitz N, Goliath R, Levitt NS, Wilkinson RJ, Oni T. Tuberculosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and the Association With Transient Hyperglycemia in Periurban South Africa. Clin Infect Dis. 2019;71(4):1080-1088. oi:10.1093/cid/ciz928
  18. Delobelle P. Big Tobacco, Alcohol, and Food and NCDs in LMICs: An Inconvenient Truth and Call to Action; Comment on “Addressing NCDs: Challenges from Industry Market Promotion and Interferences”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management. 2019;8:727-31. [PMID:31779301]
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  1. Werfalli M, Kassanjee R, Kalula S, Kowal P, Phaswana-Mafuya N, Levitt N.S (2018) – Diabetes in South Africa older adults: prevalence and impact on quality of life and functional disability –assessed using SAGE Wave 1 data, Global Health Action, 11:1, 1449924, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2018.1449924
  2. Juma K, Reid M. Roy M, Vorkoper S, Temu TM, Levitt NS, Oladepo O, Zakus D, Yonga O – From HIV prevention to non-communicable disease health promotion efforts in sub-Saharan Africa: A Narrative Review. AIDS 2018, 32 (Suppl 1):S63-S73
  3. Centner CM, Little F, Van Der Watt JJ. Vermaak JR, Dave JA, Levitt NS, Heckermann JM – Evolution of sensory neuropathy after initiation of antiretroviral therapy, Muscle Nerve 57: 371-379,2018
  4. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration – Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 Mar 19. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy016.
  5. Ekoru K, Young EH, Dillon DG, Gurdasani D, Stehouwer N, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Levitt NS – HIV treatment is associated with a twofold higher probability of raised triglycerides: pooled analyses in 21 023 individuals in sub-Saharan Africa. Glob Health Epidemiol Genom. 2018;3. pii: e7. doi: 10.1017/gheg.2018.7. Epub 2018 May 8.
  6. Matima R, Murphy K, Levitt NS, Belue R, Oni T - A qualitative study on the experiences and perspectives of public sector patients in Cape Town in managing the workload of demands of HIV and type 2 diabetes multimorbidity. PLoS One. 2018 Mar 14;13(3):e0194191. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194191
  7. Van Zyl H, Levitt NS - Pregnancy outcome in patients with pregestational and gestational diabetes attending Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2018 Aug 28;108(9):772-776. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i9.12992.
  8. Krige SM, Booley S, Levitt NS, Chivese T, Murphy K, Harbron J - Dietary Intake and Beliefs of Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes in Cape Town, South Africa. Nutrients. 2018 Aug 28;10(9). pii: E1183. doi: 10.3390/nu10091183.
  9. Myers B, Joska JA, Lund C, Levitt NS, Butler CC, Naledi T, Milligan P, Stein DJ, Sorsdahl K - Patient preferences for the integration of mental health counselling and chronic disease care in South Africa. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2018 Sep 18;12:1797-1803. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S176356. eCollection 2018.
  10. Egbujie BA, Delobelle PA, Levitt N, Puoane T, Sanders D, van Wyk B - Role of community health workers in type 2 diabetes mellitus self-management: A scoping review. PLoS One. 2018 Jun 1;13(6):e0198424. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198424
  11. Okop KJ, Lambert EV, Alaba O, Levitt NS, Luke A, Dugas L, Rvh D, Kroff J, Micklesfield LK, Kolbe-Alexander TL, Warren S, Dugmore H, Bobrow K, Odunitan-Wayas FA, Puoane T. Sugar-sweetened beverage intake and relative weight gain among South African adults living in resource-poor communities: longitudinal data from the STOP-SA study. Int J Obes (Lond). 2018 Oct 3. doi: 10.1038/s41366-018-0216-9
  12. Pheiffer C, Pillay-van Wyk V, Joubert JD, Levitt N, Nglazi MD, Bradshaw D - The prevalence of type 2 diabetes in South Africa: a systematic review protocol.  BMJ Open. 2018 Jul 11;8(7):e021029. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021029
  13. Patel P, Rose CE, Collins PY, Nuche-Berenguer B, Sahasrabuddhe VV, Peprah E, Vorkoper S, Pastakia SD, Rausch D, Levitt NS; NIH HIV/NCD Project Disease Condition Technical Operating Group - Noncommunicable diseases among HIV-infected persons in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS. 2018 Jul 1;32 Suppl 1:S5-S20. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001888.
  14. Mabweazara SZ, Leach LL, Ley C, Smith M, Jekauc D, Dave J, Levitt N, Lambert VE - Physical activity behaviours of persons living with HIV of low socioeconomic status: domain, intensity and sociodemographic correlates. AIDS Care. 2018 Jun 30:1-5. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2018
  15. Lim LL, Lau ESH, Kong APS, Davies MJ, Levitt NS, Eliasson B, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Ning G, Seino Y, So WY, McGill M, Ogle GD, Orchard TJ, Clarke P, Holman RR, Gregg EW, Gagliardino JJ, Chan JCN - Aspects of Multicomponent Integrated Care Promote Sustained Improvement in Surrogate Clinical Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Diabetes Care. 2018 Jun;41(6):1312-1320. doi: 10.2337/dc17-2010.
  16. Muhwava LS, Murphy K, Zarowsky C, Levitt N - Policies and clinical practices relating to the management of gestational diabetes mellitus in the public health sector, South Africa - a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 May 10;18(1):349. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3175-x.
  17. Berkowitz N, Okorie A, Goliath R, Levitt N, Wilkinson RJ, Oni T. - The prevalence and determinants of active tuberculosis among diabetes patients in Cape Town, South Africa, a high HIV/TB burden setting. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2018 Apr;138:16-25. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2018.01.018. Epub 2018 Jan 31.
  18. Fairall L, Petersen I, Zani B, Folb N, Georgeu-Pepper D, Selohilwe O, Petrus R, Mntambo N, Bhana A, Lombard C, Bachmann M, Lund C, Hanass-Hancock J, Chisholm D, McCrone P, Carmona S, Gaziano T, Levitt N, Kathree T, Thornicroft G; CobALT research team - Collaborative care for the detection and management of depression among adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in South Africa: study protocol for the CobALT randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2018 Mar 22;19(1):193. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2517-7.
  19. Petersen I, Bhana A, Folb N, Thornicroft G, Zani B, Selohilwe O, Petrus R, Mntambo N, Georgeu-Pepper D, Kathree T, Lund C, Lombard C, Bachmann M, Gaziano T, Levitt N, Fairall L; PRIME-SA research team - Collaborative care for the detection and management of depression among adults with hypertension in South Africa: study protocol for the PRIME-SA randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2018 Mar 22;19(1):192. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2518-6.
  20. Myers B, Lund C, Lombard C, Joska J, Levitt N, Butler C, Cleary S, Naledi T, Milligan P, Stein DJ, Sorsdahl K - Comparing dedicated and designated models of integrating mental health into chronic disease care: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2018 Mar 16;19(1):185. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2568-9.
  21. Bobrow K, Farmer A, Cishe N, Nwagi N, Namane M, Brennan TP, Springer D, Tarassenko L, Levitt N - Using the Medical Research Council framework for development and evaluation of complex interventions in a low resource setting to develop a theory-based treatment support intervention delivered via SMS text message to improve blood pressure control. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Jan 23;18(1):33. doi: 10.1186/s12913-017-2808-9
  22. Cooper S, Leon N, Namadingo H, Bobrow K, Farmer AJ - "My wife's mistrust. That's the saddest part of being a diabetic": A qualitative study of sexual well-being in men with Type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa. PLoS One. 2018 Sep 10;13(9):e0202413. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202413. eCollection 2018.
  23. Owolabi MO, Yaria JO, Daivadanam M, Makanjuola AI, Parker G, Oldenburg B, Vedanthan R, Norris S, Oguntoye AR, Osundina MA, Herasme O, Lakoh S, Ogunjimi LO, Abraham SE, Olowoyo P, Jenkins C, Feng W, Bayona H, Mohan S, Joshi R, Webster R, Kengne AP, Trofor A, Lotrean LM, Praveen D, Zafra-Tanaka JH, Lazo-Porras M, Bobrow K, Riddell MA, Makrilakis K, Manios Y, Ovbiagele B; COUNCIL Initiative - Gaps in Guidelines for the Management of Diabetes in Low- and Middle-Income Versus High-Income Countries-A Systematic Review. Diabetes Care. 2018 May;41(5):1097-1105. doi: 10.2337/dc17-1795. Review.
  24. Hurst JR, Dickhaus J, Maulik PK, Miranda JJ, Pastakia SD, Soriano JB, Siddharthan T, Vedanthan R; GACD Multi-Morbidity Working Group. Global Alliance for Chronic Disease researchers' statement on multimorbidity. Lancet Glob Health. 2018 Dec;6(12):e1270-e1271. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30391-7. PubMed PMID:30420026.
  25. Wamai RG, Kengne AP, Levitt N. Non-communicable diseases surveillance: overview of magnitude and determinants in Kenya from STEPwise approach survey of 2015. BMC Public Health. 2018 Nov 7;18(Suppl 3):1224. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-6051-z. PubMed PMID: 30400841; PubMed Central PMCID:PMC6218983.
  26. Abrahams Z, Maartens G, Levitt N, Dave J. Anthropometric definitions for antiretroviral-associated lipodystrophy derived from a longitudinal South African cohort with serial dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measurements. Int J STD AIDS. 29(12):1194-1203. doi: 10.1177/0956462418778649. Epub 2018 Jun 26.PubMed PMID: 29945538.
  27. Attaei MW, Khatib R, McKee M, Lear S, Dagenais G, Igumbor EU, AlHabib KF, Kaur M, Kruger L, Teo K, Lanas F, Yusoff K, Oguz A, Gupta R, Yusufali AM, Bahonar,A, Kutty R, Rosengren A, Mohan V, Avezum A, Yusuf R, Szuba A, Rangarajan S, Chow, C, Yusuf S; PURE study investigators. Availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines and the effect on blood pressure control in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of the PURE study data. Lancet Public Health. 2017 Sep;2(9):e411-e419. doi:10.1016/S2468-2667(17)30141-X. Epub 2017 Sep 5. PubMed PMID: 29253412.
  28. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet. 2017 Dec 16;390(10113):2627-2642. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32129-3. Epub 2017 Oct 10. PubMed PMID: 29029897; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5735219
  29. Borkum MS, Heckmann JM, Manning K, Dave JA, Levitt NS, Rayner BL, Wearne N. High prevalence of "non-dipping" blood pressure and vascular stiffness in HIV-infected South Africans on antiretrovirals. PLoS One. 2017 Sep 20;12(9):e0185003. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185003. eCollection 2017. PubMed PMID: 28931072; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5607221.
  30. Dehghan M, Mente A, Zhang X, Swaminathan S, Li W, Mohan V, Iqbal R, Kumar R, Wentzel-Viljoen E, Rosengren A, Amma LI, Avezum A, Chifamba J, Diaz R, Khatib R, Lear S, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Liu X, Gupta R, Mohammadifard N, Gao N, Oguz A, Ramli AS, Seron P, Sun Y, Szuba A, Tsolekile L, Wielgosz A, Yusuf R, Hussein Yusufali A, Teo KK, Rangarajan S, Dagenais G, Bangdiwala SI, Islam S, Anand SS, Yusuf S; Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study investigators. Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study. Lancet. 2017 Nov 4;390(10107):2050-2062. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32252-3. Epub 2017 Aug 29. PubMed PMID: 28864332.
  31. Miller V, Mente A, Dehghan M, Rangarajan S, Zhang X, Swaminathan S, Dagenais G, Gupta R, Mohan V, Lear S, Bangdiwala SI, Schutte AE, Wentzel-Viljoen E, Avezum A, Altuntas Y, Yusoff K, Ismail N, Peer N, Chifamba J, Diaz R, Rahman O, Mohammadifard N, Lana F, Zatonska K, Wielgosz A, Yusufali A, Iqbal R, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Khatib R, Rosengren A, Kutty VR, Li W, Liu J, Liu X, Yin L, Teo K, Anand S, Yusuf S; Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study Investigators. Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease And deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study. Lancet. 2017 Nov 4;390(10107):2037-2049. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32253-5. Epub 2017 Aug 29. PubMed PMID: 28864331.
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  1. Study finds large number of South Africans happy to be overweight Kufre Okop
  2. Fat, body image and cultural bias Kufre Okop
  3. Trilateral overlap of tuberculosis diabetes and HIV-1 in a high-burden African setting: implications for TB control Tolu Oni
  4. Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19.1 million participants. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration
  5. Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: from clinical care to health policy. Rifat Atun
  6. Alternative indices of glucose homeostasis as biochemical diagnostic tests for abnormal glucose tolerance in an African setting. Prim Care Diabetes Andre Pascal Kengne
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  1. Challenges Facing Successful Scaling Up of Effective Screening for Cardiovascular Shafieka Abrahams-GesselCHW
  2. Emerging Trends in Non-communicable Disease Mortality in South Africa, 1997 – 2010. Beatrice Nojilana 
  3. Prevalence of Pragmatically Defined High CV Risk and its Correlates in LMIC Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco 
  4. Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control in Selected LMIC Communities Vilma E Irazola 
  5. Obesity and its Relation With Diabetes and Hypertension Shivani A Patel 
  6. Urban Health Research in Africa: Themes and Priority Research Questions. Tolu Oni 
  7. Delivery of health care for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases among people living with HIV/AIDS in African countries: a systematic review protocol David A Watkins 
  8. Comparison of Non-Blood and Blood-Based Total CV Risk Scores in Global Populations Thomas Gaziano 
  9. Persistent burden from non-communicable diseases in South Africa need strong action. Beatrice Nojilana 
  10. Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in women of childbearing age in Africa during 2000–2016: protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis. Tawanda Chives 
  11. Educational Outreach with an Integrated Clinical Tool for Nurse-Led Non-communicable Chronic Disease Management in Primary Care in South Africa: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial Lara Fairall 
  12. Socioeconomic and modifiable predictors of blood pressure control for hypertension in primary care attenders in the Western Cape, South Africa Naomi Folb 
  13. Increased risk of dysglycaemia in South Africans with HIV; especially those on protease inhibitors. Naomi Levitt 
  14. The case for behavioural change counselling for the prevention of NCDs and improvement of chronic conditions. Katherine Murphy 
  15. NEWS for Africa: adaption and reliability of a built environment questionnaire for physical activity in seven African countries Adewale Oyeyemi 
  16. Management of valvular disease in pregnancy: a global perspective Karen Sliwa 
  17. The importance of cardiovascular pathology contributing to maternal death: confidential Enquiry into Maternal Death in South Africa, 2011 – 2013. Priya Soma-Pillay
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  1. Cost-effectiveness of a diabetes group education program delivered by health promoters with a guiding style in under-served communities in Cape Town, South Africa. Bob Mash
  2. Training and Supervision of Community Health Workers Conducting Population-Based, Noninvasicely Screenings for CVD in LMIC. Shafika Abrahams-Gessel
  3. A situational analysis of training for behaviour change counselling for primary care provider. South Africa, Zelra Malan
  4. Training and Fieldwork experiences of community health workers conducting population-based,noninvasively screening for CVD in LMIC. Shafika Abrahams-Gessel
  5. Referral outcomes of individuals identified at high risk of cardiovascular disease by community health workers in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Mexico, and South Africa. Naomi Levitt
  6. Development of a training programme for primary care providers to counsel patients with risky lifestyle behaviours in South Africa. Zelra Malan
  7. Improving treatment adherence for blood pressure lowering via mobile phone SMS-messages in South Africa: a qualitative evaluation of the SMS-test Adherence Support (StAR) trial. Natalie Leon
  8. Effectiveness of community-based peer-led diabetes self-management programmes (COMP-DSMP) for improving clinical outcomes and quality of life of adults with diabetes in primary care settings in low and middle-income countries (LMIC): a systematic review and meta-analysis. Mahmoud Werfalli
  9. An assessment of community heath workers' ability to screen for cardiovascular disease risk with a simply, non-invasive risk assessment instrument in Bangladesh, Guatemala, Mexico, and South Africa: an observational study. Thomas Gaziano
  10. Qualitative evaluation of primary care providers experiences of a training programme to offer brief behaviour change counselling on risk factors for non-communicable diseases in South Africa Zelra Malan
  11. Patterns of HIV, TB, and non-communicable disease multi-morbidity in peri-urban South Africa – a cross sectional study. Tolu Oni
  12. Evidence insufficient to confirm the value of population screening for diabetes and hypertension in low- and-middle-income settings. Solange Durao
  13. Quality of care for patients with non-communicable diseases in the Dedza District, Malawi. Robin Wood
  14. The role of urban food policy in preventing diet-related non-communicable diseases in Cape Town and New York. Kimberley Lidman
  15. Differential obesity indices identify the metabolic syndrome in Black men and women in Cape Town: CRIBSA study. Nasheeta Peer
  16. Community health workers as partners in the management of non-communicable diseases. Hector G Balcazar
  17. Feasibility and Preliminary Responses to a Screening and Brief Intervention Program for Maternal Mental Disorders within the Context of Primary Care. Karen Sorsdahl
  18. Screening and Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drug Use Among Pregnant Women Attending Midwife Obstetric Units in Cape Town, South Africa: A Qualitative Study of the Views of Health Care Professionals. Petal Petersen Williams
  19. A qualitative study of the experiences of care and motivation for effective self-management among diabetic and hypertensive patients attending public sector primary health care services in South Africa. Katherine Murphy
  20. The midwife’s role in providing smoking cessation interventions for pregnant women: The views of midwives working with high risk, disadvantaged women in public sector antenatal services in South Africa. Katherine Murphy
  21. Multimorbidity, control and treatment of non-communicable diseases among primary care attenders in the Western Cape, South Africa. Multimorbidity, control and treatment of non-communicable diseases among primary care attenders in the Western Cape, South Africa Naomi Folb
  22. N-acetylcysteine for non-paracetamol drug-induced liver injury: a systematic review protocol. Mohamed F Chughlay
  23. A systematic review on uptake and yield of HIV self-testing among adults in Africa. Bernard Njau
  24. A scorecard for tracking actions to reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases Ana Victoria Roman
  25. The Influence of Second-Hand Cigarette Smoke Exposure during Childhood and Active Cigarette Smoking on Crohn's Disease Phenotype Defined by the Montreal Classification Scheme in a Western Cape Population, South Africa. Tawanda Chivese
  26. Differential obesity indices identify the metabolic syndrome in Black men and women in Cape Town: the CRIBSA study. Nasheeta Peer
  27. Increasing Prescription Length Could Cut Cardiovascular Disease Burden and Produce Savings in South Africa. Thomas Gaziano
  28. Evaluation of a training programme for primary care providers to offer brief behaviour change counselling on risk factors for non-communicable diseases in South Africa. Zelra Malan
  29. Factors associated with excessive body fat in men community and an urban Township. Kufre Okop
  30. Knowledge and perceptions of risk for cardiovascular disease: Findings of a qualitative investigation from a low-income peri-urban community in the Western Cape, South Africa. Sam Surka
  31. "Brief behavioural change counselling and motivational interviewing to elicit healthy behavioural change: original Katherine Everett-Murphy
  32. Innovating to improve primary care in less developed countries: towards a global model. Lara Fairall
  33. Socioeconomic predictors and consequences of depression among primary car attenders with non-communicable diseases in the Western Cape, South Africa: cohort study within a randomised trial. Naomi Folb
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  1. Association of Urinary sodium and Potassium Excretion with Blood Pressure Andrew Ment
  2. Effectiveness of a group diabetes education programme in under-served communities in South Africa: a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. Diabet Med. 2014 Apr 26. doi: 10.1111/dme.12475.Bob Mash
  3. Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa. H3Africa consortium
  4. Efficacy of a text messaging (SMS) based intervention for adults with hypertension: protocol for the StAR (SMS Text-message Adherence suppoRt trial) randomised controlled trial. Kirsty Bobrow
  5. The association between ownership of common household devices and obesity and diabetes in high, middle and low income countries Lear Scott
  6. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus among older people in Africa: a systematic review study protocol. Mahmoud Werfalli
  7. Urinary sodium and Potassium Excretion, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Events Martin O'Donnell
    Cardiovascular risk and events in 17 low-, middle-, and high-income countries. S Yusuf
  8. Evaluating the use of mobile phone technology to enhance cardiovascular disease screening by community health workers Sam Surka
  9. The roles of community health workers in management of non-communicable diseases in an urban township Lungiswa Tsolekile 
  10. Challenges in combating childhood obesity in black township schools of South Africa Lungiswa Tsolekile
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  1. Prevalence,awareness,treatment and control of hypertension in rural and uban communities in high-,middle-, and low-income countries Clara Chow
  2. Prevalence of a Healthy lifestyle among individual with cardivascular disease in high-,middle- and low-income countries Theo Koon
  3. Comparative assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk characterization from non-laboratory-based risk assessment in SAfrican populations Tom Gaziano
  4. Scaling up chronic disease prevention interventions in lower- and middle-income countries Tom Gazia
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