Publications by authors named "N Nannan"
Article Synopsis
- Verbal autopsy (VA) helps find out how people died when they weren't in a hospital, but it's hard to use it in official death records.
- In South Africa, researchers talked to families of people who died to collect information about causes of death in 2017/18.
- They found that while they could gather useful info, there were still challenges in getting enough people to participate, highlighting the need for better systems to record deaths.
Background: National estimates of childhood undernutrition display uncertainty; however, it is known that stunting is the most prevalent deficiency. Child undernutrition is manifest in poor communities but is a modifiable risk factor. The intention of the study was to quantify trends in the indicators of child undernutrition to aid policymakers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: South Africa (SA) faces multiple health challenges. Quantifying the contribution of modifiable risk factors can be used to identify and prioritise areas of concern for population health and opportunities for health promotion and disease prevention interventions.
Objective: To estimate the attributable burden of 18 modifiable risk factors for 2000, 2006 and 2012.
Background: The incidence of diarrhoeal disease is closely linked to socioeconomic and environmental factors, household practices and access to health services. South African (SA) district health information and national survey data report wide variation in the incidence and prevalence of diarrhoeal episodes in children under 5 years of age. These differentials indicate potential for reducing the disease burden through improvements in provision of water and sanitation services and changes in hygiene behaviour.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The impacts on mortality of both the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic and the interventions to manage it differ between countries. The Rapid Mortality Surveillance System set up by the South African Medical Research Council based on data from the National Population Register (NPR) provides a means of tracking this impact on mortality in South Africa.
Objectives: To report on the change in key metrics of mortality (numbers of deaths, life expectancy at birth, life expectancy at age 60, and infant, under-5, older child and adolescent, young adult, and adult mortality) over the period 2015 - 2020.