Lindiwe Tsabedze

TL;DR: Given the high disease burden caused by hypertension in LMICs, nationally representative hypertension care cascades, as constructed in this study, are an important measure of progress towards achieving universal health coverage.

TL;DR: Health system performance for management of diabetes showed large losses to care at the stage of being tested, and low rates of diabetes control along the care cascade, indicating large unmet need for diabetes care across 28 LMICs.

TL;DR: LMICs included in this analysis may be at an advanced stage in the nutrition transition but with no reversal in the socioeconomic gradient of diabetes risk, in contrast to the association seen in high-income countries.

TL;DR: In this article, a cross-sectional analysis of nationally representative household surveys from 45 LMICs carried out between 2005 and 2017, with 32 surveys being WHO Stepwise Approach to Surveillance (STEPS) surveys.

TL;DR: The findings were limited by the small proportion of the population reporting positive dietary behaviours, and further research is required to understand whether associations with CVD risk factors and interactions by sex would change as the prevalence of positive behaviours increases.