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ReviewBMJ global health2019

In transition: current health challenges and priorities in Sudan.

Esmita Charani, Aubrey J Cunnington, AlaEldin H A Yousif, Mohammed Seed Ahmed, Ammar E M Ahmed, Souad Babiker, Shahinaz Badri, Wouter Buytaert, Michael A Crawford, Mustafa I Elbashir and 8 more

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Review in BMJ global health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Esmita CharaniDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5938-1202
Aubrey J CunningtonDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
AlaEldin H A YousifDepartment of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Mohammed Seed AhmedDepartment of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Ammar E M AhmedDepartment of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Souad BabikerDepartment of Medicine, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan.
Shahinaz BadriDepartment of Pathology, School of Medicine, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan.
Wouter BuytaertDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Michael A CrawfordDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Mustafa I ElbashirDepartment of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Kamal ElhagDepartment of Medicine, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan.
Kamal E ElsiddigDepartment of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Khartoum, Sudan.
Nadey HakimDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Mark R JohnsonDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Alexander D MirasDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Mohamed O SwarDepartment of Medicine, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan.
Michael R TempletonDepartment of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Simon David Taylor-RobinsonDepartment of Medicine, St. Mary's Hospital Campus, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Imperial College London · GBUniversity of Khartoum · SDAhfad University for Women · SDSt Mary's Hospital · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0902002Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A recent symposium and workshop in Khartoum, the capital of the Republic of Sudan, brought together broad expertise from three universities to address the current burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases facing the Sudanese healthcare system. These meetings identified common challenges that impact the burden of diseases in the country, most notably gaps in data and infrastructure which are essential to inform and deliver effective interventions. Non-communicable diseases, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, renal disease and cancer are increasing dramatically, contributing to multimorbidity. At the same time, progress against communicable diseases has been slow, and the burden of chronic and endemic infections remains considerable, with parasitic diseases (such as malaria, leishmaniasis and schistosomiasis) causing substantial morbidity and mortality. Antimicrobial resistance has become a major threat throughout the healthcare system, with an emerging impact on maternal, neonatal and paediatric populations. Meanwhile, malnutrition, micronutrient deficiency and poor perinatal outcomes remain common and contribute to a lifelong burden of disease. These challenges echo the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals and concentrating on them in a unified strategy will be necessary to address the national burden of disease. At a time when the country is going through societal and political transition, we draw focus on the country and the need for resolution of its healthcare needs.

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Identifiers

PMID31543996
PMCPMC6730568
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