 South Africa
"South Africa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A republic in southern Africa, the southernmost part of Africa. It has three capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Officially the Republic of South Africa since 1960, it was called the Union of South Africa 1910-1960.
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D013019
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| MeSH Number(s) |
Z01.058.290.175.735
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| Concept/Terms |
South Africa- South Africa
- Union of South Africa
- Republic of South Africa
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "South Africa" by people in Profiles.
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Whittington MD, Goggin K, Tsolekile L, Puoane T, Fox AT, Resnicow K, Fleming KK, Smyth JM, Materia FT, Hurley EA, Vitolins MZ, Lambert EV, Levitt NS, Catley D. Cost-effectiveness of Lifestyle Africa: an adaptation of the diabetes prevention programme for delivery by community health workers in urban South Africa. Glob Health Action. 2023 12 31; 16(1):2212952.
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Materia FT, Smyth JM, Puoane T, Tsolekile L, Goggin K, Kodish SR, Fox AT, Resnicow K, Werntz S, Catley D. Implementing text-messaging to support and enhance delivery of health behavior change interventions in low- to middle-income countries: case study of the Lifestyle Africa intervention. BMC Public Health. 2023 08 10; 23(1):1526.
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Catley D, Puoane T, Tsolekile L, Resnicow K, Fleming KK, Hurley EA, Smyth JM, Materia FT, Lambert EV, Vitolins MZ, Levitt NS, Goggin K. Evaluation of an adapted version of the Diabetes Prevention Program for low- and middle-income countries: A cluster randomized trial to evaluate "Lifestyle Africa" in South Africa. PLoS Med. 2022 04; 19(4):e1003964.
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Katz IT, Bogart LM, Fitzmaurice GM, Staggs VS, Gwadz MV, Bassett IV, Cross A, Courtney I, Tsolekile L, Panda R, Steck S, Bangsberg DR, Orrell C, Goggin K. The Treatment Ambassador Program: A Highly Acceptable and Feasible Community-Based Peer Intervention for South Africans Living with HIV Who Delay or Discontinue Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Behav. 2021 Apr; 25(4):1129-1143.
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Catley D, Puoane T, Tsolekile L, Resnicow K, Fleming K, Hurley EA, Smyth JM, Vitolins MZ, Lambert EV, Levitt N, Goggin K. Adapting the Diabetes Prevention Program for low and middle-income countries: protocol for a cluster randomised trial to evaluate 'Lifestyle Africa'. BMJ Open. 2019 11 11; 9(11):e031400.
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Earnshaw VA, Bogart LM, Courtney I, Zanoni H, Bangsberg DR, Orrell C, Goggin K, Katz IT. Exploring Treatment Needs and Expectations for People Living with HIV in South Africa: A Qualitative Study. AIDS Behav. 2018 Aug; 22(8):2543-2552.
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Dodgen TM, Labuschagne CJ, van Schalkwyk A, Steffens FE, Gaedigk A, Cromarty AD, Alessandrini M, Pepper MS. Pharmacogenetic comparison of CYP2D6 predictive and measured phenotypes in a South African cohort. Pharmacogenomics J. 2016 11; 16(6):566-572.
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Wright GE, Niehaus DJ, Dr?gem?ller BI, Koen L, Gaedigk A, Warnich L. Elucidation of CYP2D6 genetic diversity in a unique African population: implications for the future application of pharmacogenetics in the Xhosa population. Ann Hum Genet. 2010 Jul; 74(4):340-50.
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Gaedigk A, Coetsee C. The CYP2D6 gene locus in South African Coloureds: unique allele distributions, novel alleles and gene arrangements. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2008 May; 64(5):465-75.
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