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A collaborative effort across Africa to investigate risk factors and outcomes of premature acute coronary syndrome: Protocol for the EAS Lipid Registry of Africa (LIPRA) by Reda, Ashraf, Lyons, Alexander R.M., Zambon, Alberto, Bendary, Ahmed, Al-Khnifsawi, Mutaz, Gamra, Habib, Marais, David, Ogah, Okechukwu S., Seleshi, Tigist, Suliman, Ahmed A.A., Mwita, Julius C., Damasceno, Albertino, Dzudie, Anastase, Elbahry, Atef, Farag, Elsayed, Fekadu, Chala, Mbau, Lilian, Mujahed, Mohammed, Minja, Rosemary P., Samia, Bernard, Sani, Mahmoud, Appiah, Lambert T., Tselepis, Alexandros

“…Data on acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is lacking in Africa where cases of premature ACS seem to be on the rise. Africa would benefit from an epidemiological…”
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The burden of acute coronary syndrome, heart failure, and stroke among emergency department admissions in Tanzania: A retrospective observational study by Hertz, Julian T, Sakita, Francis M, Limkakeng, Alexander T, Mmbaga, Blandina T, Appiah, Lambert T, Bartlett, John A, Galson, Sophie W

“…The prevalence of cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa is substantial and growing. Much remains to be learned about the relative burden of acute…”
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Echocardiographic Abnormalities and Determinants of 1-Month Outcome of Stroke Among West Africans in the SIREN Study by Adeoye, Abiodun M, Ovbiagele, Bruce, Akinyemi, Joshua O, Ogah, Okechukwu S, Akinyemi, Rufus, Gebregziabher, Mulugeta, Wahab, Kolawole, Fakunle, Adekunle G, Akintunde, Adeseye, Adebayo, Oladimeji, Aje, Akinyemi, Tiwari, Hemant K, Arnett, Donna, Agyekum, Francis, Appiah, Lambert T, Amusa, Ganiyu, Olunuga, Taiwo O, Onoja, Akpa, Sarfo, Fred S, Akpalu, Albert, Jenkins, Carolyn, Lackland, Daniel, Owolabi, Lukman, Komolafe, Morenikeji, Faniyan, Moyinoluwalogo M, Arulogun, Oyedunni, Obiako, Reginald, Owolabi, Mayowa

“…Background Little is known about the relationship between echocardiographic abnormalities and outcome among patients with acute stroke. We investigated the…”
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Diabetes-Related Stigma and its Influence on Social Networks, Social Support, and HbA1c in Ghana by Botchway, Marian, Davis, Rachel E., Merchant, Anwar T., Appiah, Lambert T., Moore, Spencer

“…We applied a social network approach to examine if three types of diabetes-related stigma (self-stigma, perceived stigma and enacted stigma) moderated…”
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Variations in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control among Ghanaian migrants living in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and nonmigrant Ghanaians living in rural and urban Ghana – the RODAM study by Agyemang, Charles, Nyaaba, Gertrude, Beune, Erik, Meeks, Karlijn, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Addo, Juliet, Aikins, Ama de-Graft, Mockenhaupt, Frank P, Bahendeka, Silver, Danquah, Ina, Schulze, Matthias B, Galbete, Cecilia, Spranger, Joachim, Agyei-Baffour, Peter, Henneman, Peter, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Adeyemo, Adebowale, van Straalen, Jan, Commodore-Mensah, Yvonne, Appiah, Lambert T, Smeeth, Liam, Stronks, Karien

“…OBJECTIVES:Hypertension is a major burden among African migrants, but the extent of the differences in prevalence, treatment, and control among similar African…”
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Social networks, perceived social support, and HbA1c in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus in urban Ghana by Botchway, Marian, Davis, Rachel E., Merchant, Anwar T., Appiah, Lambert T., Sarfo-Kantanka, Osei, Moore, Spencer

“…Although links between social relationships and health are well established, few studies have concurrently examined the effects of compositional, structural,…”
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Risk Assessment Score and Chi-Square Automatic Interaction Detection Algorithm for Hypertension Among Africans: Models From the SIREN Study by Asowata, Osahon J, Okekunle, Akinkunmi Paul, Akpa, Onoja M, Fakunle, Adekunle Gregory, Akinyemi, Joshua O, Komolafe, Morenikeji Adeyoyin, Sarfo, Fred Stephen, Akpalu, Albert K, Obiako, Reginald, Wahab, Kolawole W, Osaigbovo Osawaru, Godwin O, Owolabi, Lukman F, Jenkins, Carolyn M, Calys-Tagoe, Benedict Nii Laryea, Arulogun, Oyedunni Sola, Ogbole, Godwin I, Ogah, Okechukwu Samuel, Lambert, Appiah T, Ibinaiye, Philip Oluleke, Adebayo, Philip B, Singh, Arti, Adeniyi, Sunday Adebori, Mensah, Yaw B, Laryea, Ruth Y, Balogun, Olayemi, Chukwuonye, Innocent Ijezie, Akinyemi, Rufus O, Ovbiagele, Bruce, Owolabi, Mayowa Ojo

“…This study aimed to develop a risk-scoring model for hypertension among Africans. In this study, 4413 stroke-free controls were used to develop the…”
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The Influence of Religious Participation and Use of Traditional Medicine on Type 2 Diabetes Control in Urban Ghana by Botchway, Marian, Davis, Rachel E., Appiah, Lambert T., Moore, Spencer, Merchant, Anwar T.

“…This study examined whether the frequency of participation in religious activities and seeking care from spiritual and other traditional medicine (TM)…”
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Non-cigarette Tobacco Use and Stroke Among West Africans: Evidence From the SIREN Study by Fakunle, Adekunle Gregory, Okekunle, Akinkunmi Paul, Asowata, Osahon Jeffery, Akpa, Onoja, Sarfo, Fred S, Akpalu, Albert, Wahab, Kolawole, Obiako, Reginald, Komolafe, Morenikeji, Owolabi, Lukman, Osaigbovo, Godwin O, Adeoye, Abiodun M, Tiwari, Hemant K, Uvere, Ezinne O, Akinyemi, Joshua, Jenkins, Carolyn, Arulogun, Oyedunni, Ibinaiye, Philip, Appiah, Lambert T, Bello, Temilade, Singh, Arti, Yaria, Joseph, Calys-Tagoe, Benedict, Ogbole, Godwin, Chukwuonye, Ijezie, Melikam, Chidinma, Adebayo, Philip, Mensah, Yaw, Adebayo, Oladimeji, Adeniyi, Sunday, Oguike, Wisdom, Donna, Arnett, Akinyemi, Rufus, Ovbiagele, Bruce, Owolabi, Mayowa

“…Abstract Introduction Non-cigarette tobacco (NCT) represents a form of tobacco use with a misperceived significance in chronic disease events. Whether NCT use…”
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Cardiovascular risk factors among Ghanaian patients with HIV: A cross‐sectional study by Appiah, Lambert T., Sarfo, Fred S., Huffman, Mark D., Nguah, Samuel B., Stiles, Jonathan K.

“…Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) poses a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…”
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Drug resistance outcomes of long-term ART with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate in the absence of virological monitoring by Villa, Giovanni, Phillips, Richard O, Smith, Colette, Stockdale, Alexander J, Ruggiero, Alessandra, Beloukas, Apostolos, Appiah, Lambert T, Chadwick, David, Sarfo, Fred S, Geretti, Anna Maria

“…The resistance profiles of patients receiving long-term ART in sub-Saharan Africa have been poorly described. This study obtained a sensitive assessment of the…”
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Current trends in admissions and outcomes of cardiac diseases in Ghana by Appiah, Lambert T., Sarfo, Fred S., Agyemang, Charles, Tweneboah, Humphrey O., Appiah, Nana Akua B.A., Bedu‐Addo, George, Opare‐Sem, Ohene

“…Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) pose a major burden in Africa, but data on temporal trends in disease burden are lacking. We assessed trends in CVD admissions…”
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Addressing Hypertension Care in Africa (ADHINCRA): Study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled pilot trial by Commodore-Mensah, Yvonne, Sarfo, Fred Stephen, Turkson-Ocran, Ruth-Alma, Foti, Kathryn, Mobula, Linda Meta, Himmelfarb, Cheryl Dennison, Carson, Kathryn A., Appiah, Lambert T., Degani, Michael, Lang'at, Chemuttaai, Nyamekye, Gideon, Molello, Nancy E., Ahima, Rexford, Cooper, Lisa A.

“…Uncontrolled hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Evidence-based interventions to improve hypertension control in high-income…”
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Phenotyping Stroke in Sub-Saharan Africa: Stroke Investigative Research and Education Network (SIREN) Phenomics Protocol by Akpalu, Albert, Sarfo, Fred Stephen, Ovbiagele, Bruce, Akinyemi, Rufus, Gebregziabher, Mulugeta, Obiako, Reginald, Owolabi, Lukman, Sagoe, Kwamena, Jenkins, Carolyn, Arulogun, Oyedunni, Adamu, Sheila, Appiah, Lambert T, Adadey, Martin A, Agyekum, Francis, Quansah, Joseph A, Mensah, Yaw B, Adeoye, Abiodun M, Singh, Arti, Tosin, Aridegbe O, Ohifemen, Osimhiarherhuo, Sani, Abubabkar A, Tabi-Ajayi, Eric, Phillip, Ibinaiye O, Isah, Suleiman Y, Tabari, Nasir A, Mande, Aliyu, Agunloye, Atinuke M, Ogbole, Godwin I, Akinyemi, Joshua O, Akpa, Onoja M, Laryea, Ruth, Melikam, Sylvia Ezinne, Adinku, Dorcas, Uvere, Ezinne, Burkett, Nina-Serena, Adekunle, Gregory F, Kehinde, Salaam I, Azuh, Paschal C, Dambatta, Abdul H, Ishaq, Naser A, Arnett, Donna, Tiwari, Hemant K, Lackland, Dan, Owolabi, Mayowa

“…As the second leading cause of death and the leading cause of adult-onset disability, stroke is a major public health concern particularly pertinent in…”
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Short Communication: Low seroprevalence of cryptococcal antigenaemia in patients with advanced HIV infection enrolling in an antiretroviral programme in Ghana by Mamoojee, Yaasir, Shakoor, Shaid, Gorton, Rebecca L., Sarfo, Stephen, Appiah, Lambert T., Norman, Betty, Balakrishnan, Indran, Phillips, Richard, Chadwick, David

“…Summary Objectives  To determine the prevalence of cryptococcal antigenaemia in a clinic population with advanced HIV infection, with a view to giving…”
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Diagnosis of treponemal co‐infection in HIV‐infected West Africans by Mamoojee, Yaasir, Tan, Grace, Gittins, Sandra, Sarfo, Stephen, Stephenson, Lisa, Carrington, David, Bedu‐Addo, George, Phillips, Richard, Appiah, Lambert T., Chadwick, David

“…Objectives  To evaluate the performance of two enzyme immunoassays (EIA), Murex and ICE, and the Determine TP point‐of‐care test (POCT) in diagnosing…”
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Inadvertent non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)-based antiretroviral therapy in dual HIV-1/2 and HIV-2 seropositive West Africans: a retrospective study by Sarfo, Fred S., Bibby, David F., Schwab, Uli, Appiah, Lambert T., Clark, Duncan A., Collini, Paul, Phillips, Richard, Green, Ingrid, Dittmar, Matthias T., Chadwick, David R.

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Abstract 17373: The Effect of a Multi-Level Nurse-Led and M-Health Intervention on Medication Adherence Among Adults with Uncontrolled Hypertension in the ADHINCRA Study by Appiah, Nana Kwasi, Ogungbe, Oluwabunmi V, Hinneh, Thomas, Metlock, Faith, Dennison Himmelfarb, Cheryl R, Cooper, Lisa A, Carson, Kathryn, SARFO, FRED S, Appiah, Lambert T, Commodore-Mensah, Yvonne

“…Abstract only Introduction: Poor adherence to antihypertensive therapy is a major contributor to poor cardiovascular outcomes for patients diagnosed with…”
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Abstract 13411: Effect of Multilevel, Nurse-Led, Mobile Health Enhanced Intervention on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction Among Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension in Ghana: Evidence From the ADHINCRA Study by Hinneh, Thomas, Ogungbe, Oluwabunmi V, Metlock, Faith, Appiah, Nana Kwasi F, Commodore-Mensah, Yvonne, SARFO, FRED S, Dennison Himmelfarb, Cheryl R, Appiah, Lambert T, Carson, Kathryn, Cooper, Lisa A

“…Abstract only Introduction: Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounts for over two-thirds of premature mortality in Africa, risk assessments to guide…”
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Abstract 15333: The Addressing Hypertension Care in Africa (ADHINCRA) Study: A Multi-Level Nurse-Led, Mobile-Health Enhanced Intervention to Improve Hypertension Control in Ghana by Commodore-Mensah, Yvonne, Turkson-Ocran, Ruth-Alma N, Foti, Kathryn, Dennison Himmelfarb, Cheryl R, Carson, Kathryn, Appiah, Lambert T, Nyamekye, Gideon, Mobula-Shufelt, Linda, Cooper, Lisa A, SARFO, FRED S

“…Abstract only Background: Ghana, is experiencing silent epidemics of hypertension (HTN) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). There is a dire need to implement…”
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