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This article is published in South African Medical Journal.The article was published on 2005-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 988 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Infant mortality & MEDLINE.read more
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Burden of disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in children younger than 5 years: global estimates
Katherine L. O'Brien,Lara J. Wolfson,James P. Watt,Emily Henkle,Maria Deloria-Knoll,Natalie McCall,Ellen Lee,Kim Mulholland,Orin S. Levine,Thomas Cherian +9 more
TL;DR: The burden of pneumococcal pneumonia is measured by applying the proportion of pneumonia cases caused by S pneumoniae derived from efficacy estimates from vaccine trials to WHO country-specific estimates of all-cause pneumonia cases and deaths, using disease incidence and case-fatality data from a systematic literature review.
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Pre-eclampsia and risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer in later life: systematic review and meta-analysis
TL;DR: A history of pre-eclampsia should be considered when evaluating risk of cardiovascular disease in women, and this association might reflect a common cause for pre- eClampsia and cardiovascular disease, or an effect ofPre-e Clampsia on disease development, or both.
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Factors affecting the utilization of antenatal care in developing countries: systematic review of the literature
TL;DR: More qualitative research is required to explore the effect of women's satisfaction, autonomy and gender role in the decision-making process as well as the main factors affecting the utilization of antenatal care in developing countries.
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Vitamin C and vitamin E in pregnant women at risk for pre-eclampsia (VIP trial): randomised placebo-controlled trial.
TL;DR: Concomitant supplementation with vitamin C and vitamin E does not prevent pre-eclampsia in women at risk, but does increase the rate of babies born with a low birthweight, and use of these high-dose antioxidants is not justified in pregnancy.
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The double burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases in developing countries
TL;DR: A global view of the main diseases and their impact on populations living in low- and middle-income nations is given and special attention is devoted to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic pulmonary disease.