Melanie Y Bertram
Biographic Data
| ID | 6161607 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melanie Y Bertram |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melanie Y |
| FAMILY NAME | Bertram |
| SIGNATURE | BERTRAM M Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Witwatersrand |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Building implementable packages for universal health coverage
Since no country or health system can provide every possible health service to everyone who might benefit, the prioritisation of a defined subset of services for universal availability is intrinsic to universal health coverage (UHC). Creating a package of priority services for UHC, however, does not in itself benefit a population—packages have impact only through implementation. There are inherent tensions between the way services are formulated …
Investing in non-communicable disease prevention and management to advance the Sustainable Development Goals
Burden of stroke attributable to selected lifestyle risk factors in rural South Africa
High blood pressure and excess weight, which both have effective interventions, are responsible for a significant proportion of the stroke burden in rural SA; the burden varies across age and sex sub-groups. The most effective way forward to reduce the stroke burden requires both population wide policies that have an impact across the age spectra and targeted (health promotion/disease prevention) interventions on women and young people
Evidence that a tax on sugar sweetened beverages reduces the obesity rate
The non-fatal disease burden caused by type 2 diabetes in South Africa, 2009
BACKGROUND: Increasing urbanisation and rising unhealthy lifestyle risk factors are contributing to a growing diabetes epidemic in South Africa. In 2000, a study estimated diabetes prevalence to be 5.5% in those aged over 30. Accurate, up-to-date information on the epidemiology and burden of disease due to diabetes and its sequelae is essential in the planning of health services for diabetes management. OBJECTIVE: To calculate the non-fatal burde…
Impact of supplemental immunisation activity (SIA) campaigns on health systems
BACKGROUND: Supplemental immunisation activity (SIA) campaigns provide children with an additional dose of measles vaccine and deliver other child health interventions including vitamin A supplements, deworming medications and oral polio vaccines. They also require the mobilisation of a large health workforce. We assess the impact of the implementation of SIA campaigns on selected routine child and maternal health services in South Africa (SA). M…
The impact of diabetes prevention on labour force participation and income of older Australians
In addition to improved health and wellbeing, considerable benefits to individuals, in terms of both additional working years and increased personal income, could be made by introducing either a lifestyle or metformin intervention to prevent diabetes
Costs and benefits of smoking cessation aids
Compared with other drugs included on the PBS, bupropion and NRT are both highly cost-effective smoking cessation interventions, and including NRT on the PBS would have a moderate financial impact. Given the sizeable health burden of smoking, and the large individual benefits of quitting smoking, increasing the availability of alternative aids and uptake of these strategies through public reimbursement would be a positive and rational step toward…
Impact of supplemental immunisation activity (SIA) campaigns on health systems
BACKGROUND: Supplemental immunisation activity (SIA) campaigns provide children with an additional dose of measles vaccine and deliver other child health interventions including vitamin A supplements, deworming medications and oral polio vaccines. They also require the mobilisation of a large health workforce. We assess the impact of the implementation of SIA campaigns on selected routine child and maternal health services in South Africa (SA). M…
Costs and benefits of smoking cessation aids
Compared with other drugs included on the PBS, bupropion and NRT are both highly cost-effective smoking cessation interventions, and including NRT on the PBS would have a moderate financial impact. Given the sizeable health burden of smoking, and the large individual benefits of quitting smoking, increasing the availability of alternative aids and uptake of these strategies through public reimbursement would be a positive and rational step toward…
The impact of diabetes prevention on labour force participation and income of older Australians
In addition to improved health and wellbeing, considerable benefits to individuals, in terms of both additional working years and increased personal income, could be made by introducing either a lifestyle or metformin intervention to prevent diabetes
Evidence that a tax on sugar sweetened beverages reduces the obesity rate
The non-fatal disease burden caused by type 2 diabetes in South Africa, 2009
BACKGROUND: Increasing urbanisation and rising unhealthy lifestyle risk factors are contributing to a growing diabetes epidemic in South Africa. In 2000, a study estimated diabetes prevalence to be 5.5% in those aged over 30. Accurate, up-to-date information on the epidemiology and burden of disease due to diabetes and its sequelae is essential in the planning of health services for diabetes management. OBJECTIVE: To calculate the non-fatal burde…
Impact of supplemental immunisation activity (SIA) campaigns on health systems
BACKGROUND: Supplemental immunisation activity (SIA) campaigns provide children with an additional dose of measles vaccine and deliver other child health interventions including vitamin A supplements, deworming medications and oral polio vaccines. They also require the mobilisation of a large health workforce. We assess the impact of the implementation of SIA campaigns on selected routine child and maternal health services in South Africa (SA). M…
Burden of stroke attributable to selected lifestyle risk factors in rural South Africa
High blood pressure and excess weight, which both have effective interventions, are responsible for a significant proportion of the stroke burden in rural SA; the burden varies across age and sex sub-groups. The most effective way forward to reduce the stroke burden requires both population wide policies that have an impact across the age spectra and targeted (health promotion/disease prevention) interventions on women and young people
Investing in non-communicable disease prevention and management to advance the Sustainable Development Goals
Building implementable packages for universal health coverage
Since no country or health system can provide every possible health service to everyone who might benefit, the prioritisation of a defined subset of services for universal availability is intrinsic to universal health coverage (UHC). Creating a package of priority services for UHC, however, does not in itself benefit a population—packages have impact only through implementation. There are inherent tensions between the way services are formulated …
Environmental health (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Population (4 works) · Public health (4 works) · Disease burden (3 works) · Epidemiology (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Biostatistics (2 works)