Ferdinand Mugusi

TL;DR: There is a high prevalence of hypertension in rural and urban areas of Tanzania, with low levels of detection, treatment and control, which demonstrates the need for cost-effective strategies for primary prevention, detection and treatment of hypertension and the growing public health challenge of non-communicable diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa.

TL;DR: Age- standardised stroke incidence rates in Hai were similar to those seen in developed countries; however, age-standardised incidence ratesIn Dar-es-Salaam were higher than seen in most studies in developed nations; this could be because of a difference in the prevalence of risk factors and emphasises the importance of health screening at a community level.

TL;DR: Improved surveillance of all diseases within sub-Saharan Africa is needed in order to place noncommunicable diseases properly within the context of the overall burden of disease.

TL;DR: It is concluded that diabetes prevalence is higher in the urban Tanzanian community and that this can be explained by differences in the prevalence of overweight, which is likely to prevent increases in diabetes incidence.

TL;DR: Plasma selenium levels were not associated with time to progression to CD4 cell count < 200 cells/mm(3) but were weakly and positively related to CD3 cell count in the first years of follow up, suggesting thatSelenium status may be important for clinical outcomes related to HIV disease in sub-Saharan Africa.