Willem A Hanekom

Datos Biográficos

ID7775664
NOMBREWillem A Hanekom
NOMBRESWillem A
APELLIDOHanekom
FIRMAHANEKOM W A
AFILIACIONESAfrica Health Research Institute
ORCID0000-0003-3070-6154
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Initiation, cessation and relapse of tobacco smoking over a 3-year period among participants aged ≥15 years in a large longitudinal cohort in rural South Africa

    Open AccessRonel Sewpaul, Stephen Olivier et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Tobacco smoking is increasing in many low-and-middle-income countries, but data about initiation and cessation patterns are sparse, particularly in rural areas. We investigated changes in smoking status and their determinants in rural South Africa. Participants enrolled in the Vukuzazi population cohort in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa completed a baseline tobacco behavioural survey during 1 May 2018 to 31 March 2020. A follow-up survey was c…

  • Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022

    Open AccessNowell H Phelps, Rosie Singleton et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2024

    BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…

  • Association between tobacco smoking and prevalence of HIV, tuberculosis, hypertension and diabetes in rural South Africa

    Open AccessGlory Chidumwa, Stephen Olivier et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    In rural South Africa, smoking is associated with higher prevalence of active TB, and people with HIV who smoke have worse disease control. In contrast, hypertension and diabetes mellitus are less common in those who smoke. Interventions to screen for TB among those who smoke and to address smoking among people with HIV may be particularly impactful

  • The Impact of Drought on HIV Care in Rural South Africa

    Open AccessCollins Iwuji, Collins C Iwuji et al.ARTICLEEcoHealth2023

    This analysis investigates the relationship between drought and antiretroviral treatment (ART) adherence and retention in HIV care in the Hlabisa sub-district, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Data on drought and ART adherence and retention were collated for the study period 2010–2019. Drought was quantified using the 3-month Standard Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) and Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) from station data. Adherence, pr…

  • Thetha Nami ngithethe nawe (Let’s Talk)

    Open AccessJacob Busang, Thembelihle Zuma et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier-NCT05405582. Registered: 6th June 2022