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Ayesha A. Motala
Researcher at University of KwaZulu-Natal
Publications - 114
Citations - 9830
Ayesha A. Motala is an academic researcher from University of KwaZulu-Natal. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diabetes mellitus & Population. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 106 publications receiving 6255 citations. Previous affiliations of Ayesha A. Motala include University of Natal & Arabian Gulf University.
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Global and regional diabetes prevalence estimates for 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2045: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition.
Pouya Saeedi,Inga Petersohn,Paraskevi Salpea,Belma Malanda,Suvi Karuranga,Nigel Unwin,Stephen Colagiuri,Leonor Guariguata,Ayesha A. Motala,Katherine Ogurtsova,Jonathan E. Shaw,Dominic Bright,Rhys Williams +12 more
TL;DR: Just under half a billion people are living with diabetes worldwide and the number is projected to increase by 25% in 2030 and 51% in 2045, with the prevalence higher in urban than rural areas, and in high-income than low-income countries.
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Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa
Jean Claude Mbanya,Ayesha A. Motala,Eugene Sobngwi,Eugene Sobngwi,Felix K. Assah,Sostanie Enoru +5 more
TL;DR: A multisectoral approach to diabetes control and care is vital for expansion of socioculturally appropriate diabetes programmes in sub-Saharan African countries and the rate of diabetes-related morbidity and mortality in this region could grow substantially.
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The African Genome Variation Project shapes medical genetics in Africa
Deepti Gurdasani,Tommy Carstensen,Tommy Carstensen,Fasil Tekola-Ayele,Luca Pagani,Ioanna Tachmazidou,Konstantinos Hatzikotoulas,Savita Karthikeyan,Savita Karthikeyan,Louise Iles,Martin O. Pollard,Ananyo Choudhury,Graham R. S. Ritchie,Yali Xue,Jennifer L. Asimit,Rebecca N. Nsubuga,Elizabeth H. Young,Elizabeth H. Young,Cristina Pomilla,Cristina Pomilla,Katja Kivinen,K Rockett,Anatoli Kamali,Ayo P. Doumatey,Gershim Asiki,Janet Seeley,Fatoumatta Sisay-Joof,Muminatou Jallow,Stephen Tollman,Ephrem Mekonnen,Rosemary Ekong,Tamiru Oljira,Neil Bradman,Kalifa Bojang,Michèle Ramsay,Adebowale Adeyemo,Endashaw Bekele,Ayesha A. Motala,Shane A. Norris,Fraser J. Pirie,Pontiano Kaleebu,Dominic P. Kwiatkowski,Chris Tyler-Smith,Charles N. Rotimi,Eleftheria Zeggini,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Manjinder S. Sandhu +46 more
TL;DR: It is shown that modern imputation panels (sets of reference genotypes from which unobserved or missing genotypes in study sets can be inferred) can identify association signals at highly differentiated loci across populations in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Global estimates of undiagnosed diabetes in adults
TL;DR: Estimates of the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (UDM) using available data from high quality representative population-based sources suggest there is a high proportion of UDM globally, and especially in developing countries.
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Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa
Charles N. Rotimi,Akin Abayomi,Alash'le Abimiku,Victoria Adabayeri,Clement Adebamowo,Ezekiel Adebiyi,Adebowale D. Ademola,Adebowale Adeyemo,Dwomoa Adu,Dissou Affolabi,Godfred Agongo,Samuel Ajayi,Sally N Akarolo-Anthony,Rufus Akinyemi,Albert Akpalu,Marianne Alberts,Orlando Alonso Betancourt,Ahmed M. Alzohairy,Gobena Ameni,Olukemi K. Amodu,Gabriel Anabwani,Kristian G. Andersen,Fatiu A Arogundade,Oyedunni Arulogun,Danny Asogun,Rasheed Bakare,Naby Balde,Mary Lynn Baniecki,Christine Beiswanger,Alia Benkahla,Lara Bethke,M Boehnke,Vincent Boima,James Brandful,Andrew Brooks,Frank C. Brosius,Chester W. Brown,Bruno Bucheton,David T. Burke,Barrington G. Burnett,Stacy Carrington-Lawrence,Nadia Carstens,John Chisi,Alan Christoffels,Richard S. Cooper,Heather J. Cordell,Nigel J. Crowther,Talishiea Croxton,Jantina de Vries,Leslie Derr,Peter Donkor,Seydou Doumbia,Audrey Duncanson,Ivy Ekem,Ahmed El Sayed,Mark E Engel,John Enyaru,Dean Everett,Faisal M. Fadlelmola,Eyitayo Fakunle,Kenneth H. Fischbeck,Anne Fischer,Onikepe A. Folarin,Junaid Gamieldien,Robert F. Garry,Simani Gaseitsiwe,Rasheed Gbadegesin,Anita Ghansah,Maria Y. Giovanni,Parham Goesbeck,F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé,Donald S. Grant,Ravnit Grewal,Mark S. Guyer,Neil A. Hanchard,Christian T. Happi,Scott Hazelhurst,Branwen J. Hennig,Christiane Hertz-Fowler,Winston Hide,Friedhelm Hilderbrandt,Christopher Hugo-Hamman,Muntaser E. Ibrahim,Regina James,Yasmina Jaufeerally-Fakim,Carolyn Jenkins,Ute Jentsch,Pan Pan Jiang,Moses Joloba,Victor Jongeneel,Fourie Joubert,Mukthar Kader,Kathleen Kahn,Pontiano Kaleebu,Saidi Kapiga,Samar K. Kassim,Ishmael Kasvosve,Jonathan K. Kayondo,Bernard Keavney,Adeodata Kekitiinwa,Sheik Humarr Khan,Paul L. Kimmel,Mary Claire King,Robert Kleta,Mathurin Koffi,Jeffrey B. Kopp,Matthias Kretzler,Judit Kumuthini,Samuel Kyobe,Catherine Kyobutungi,Daniel T. Lackland,Karen A. Lacourciere,Guida Landouré,Rita T. Lawlor,Thomas Lehner,Maia Lesosky,Naomi S. Levitt,Katherine Littler,Zané Lombard,Jeanne F. Loring,Sylvester Leonard Lyantagaye,Annette MacLeod,Ebony B. Madden,Chengetai R. Mahomva.,Julie Makani,Manmak Mamven,Marape Marape,Graeme Mardon,Patricia A. Marshall,Darren P. Martin,Daniel K. Masiga,Robin Mason,Michael Mate-Kole,Enock Matovu,Mary T Mayige,Mary T Mayige,Bongani M. Mayosi,Jean Claude Mbanya,Sheryl A. McCurdy,Mark I. McCarthy,Helen McIlleron,Seth O. McLigeyo,Corrine Merle,Ana Olga Mocumbi,Charles Mondo,John V. Moran,Ayesha A. Motala,Marva Moxey-Mims,Sununguko Wata Mpoloka,Chisomo L. Msefula,Thuli Mthiyane,Nicola Mulder,Gebregziabher Mulugeta,Dieuodonne Mumba,John Musuku,Mo Nagdee,Oyekanmi Nash,Daouda Ndiaye,Anh Quynh Nguyen,Mark P. Nicol,Oathokwa Nkomazana,Shane A. Norris,Betty Nsangi,Alexander K. Nyarko,Moffat Nyirenda,Eileen Obe,Reginald Obiakor,Abraham Oduro,Solomon F. Ofori-Acquah,Okechukwu S Ogah,S.W.O. Ogendo,Kwaku Ohene-Frempong,Akinlolu O. Ojo,T O Olanrewaju,John Oli,Charlotte Osafo,Odile Ouwe Missi Oukem-Boyer,Bruce Ovbiagele,Andrew Owen,Mayowa O. Owolabi,Lukman Owolabi,Ellis Owusu-Dabo,Guillaume Paré,Rulan S. Parekh,Hugh-G. Patterton,Margaret B. Penno.,Jane Peterson,Rembert Pieper,Jacob Plange-Rhule,Martin R. Pollak,Julia Puzak,Rajkumar Ramesar,Michèle Ramsay,Rebekah S. Rasooly,Shiksha Reddy,Pardis C. Sabeti,Kwamena W. Sagoe,Tunde Salako,Oumar Samassekou,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Manjinder S. Sandhu,Osman Sankoh,Fred Stephen Sarfo,Marie Sarr,Gasnat Shaboodien,Issa Sidibe,Gustave Simo,Martin Simuunza,Liam Smeeth,Eugene Sobngwi,Himla Soodyall,Hermann Sorgho,Oumou Sow Bah,Sudha Srinivasan,Dan J. Stein,Ezra Susser,Carmen Swanepoel,Godfred Tangwa,Andrew Tareila,Özlem Tastan Bishop,Bamidele O. Tayo,Nicki Tiffin,Halidou Tinto,Ekaete Tobin,Stephen Tollman,Mahamadou Traoré,Marsha Treadwell,Jennifer L. Troyer,Masego Tsimako-Johnstone,Vincent Tukei,Ifeoma Ulasi,Nzovu Ulenga,Beverley van Rooyen,Ablo Prudence Wachinou,Salina P. Waddy,Alisha N. Wade,Misaki Wayengera,James A. G. Whitworth,Louise Wideroff,Cheryl A. Winkler,Sarah Winnicki,Ambroise Wonkam,Mengistu Tadase Yewondwossen,Nathan L. Yozwiak,Heather J. Zar +245 more
TL;DR: If the dearth of genomics research involving Africans persists, the potential health and economic benefits emanating from genomic science may elude an entire continent.