A. Mbewu

Most-cited papers

Expansion of cancer care and control in countries of low and middle income: a call to action.
P. Farmer, J. Frenk, F. Knaul, Lawrence N. Shulman +19 more
2010The Lancet788 citations Open access
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Defining Research to Improve Health Systems
J. Remmé, T. Adam, F. Becerra-Posada, C. D'arcangues +12 more
2010PLoS Medicine173 citations Open access
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Rapid increases in overweight and obesity among South African adolescents: comparison of data from the South African National Youth Risk Behaviour Survey in 2002 and 2008.
S. Reddy, K. Resnicow, S. James, I. Funani +6 more
2012American Journal of Public Health107 citations Open access
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A decade of tobacco control: the South African case of politics, health policy, health promotion and behaviour change.
P. Reddy, S. James, R. Sewpaul, D. Yach +4 more
2013South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde61 citations Open access
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South Africa's Experience of the Closure of the Cellulose Sulphate Microbicide Trial
G. Ramjee, R. Govinden, N. Morar, A. Mbewu
2007PLoS Medicine59 citations Open access
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Betablockers for hypertension
J. Volmink, H. Bradley, R. Maroney, A. Mbewu +1 more
199841 citations
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Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Diabetes Mellitus in South Africa: Results from the South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (SANHANES-1)
S. Sifunda, A. Mbewu, M. Mabaso, T. Manyaapelo +5 more
2023International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health39 citations Open access
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Racial disparities in psychological distress in post-apartheid South Africa: results from the SANHANES-1 survey
N. Harriman, David R. Williams, J. Morgan, R. Sewpaul +5 more
2021Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology31 citations Open access
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Race, geographical location and other risk factors for hypertension: South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011/12
S. Reddy, A. Mbewu, David R. Williams, N. Harriman +5 more
2021SSM: Population Health23 citations Open access
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A Comparative Study of Six Commercial Lipoprotein(a) Assays in Seventeen Laboratories within the British Isles
M. Mackness, D. Bhatnagar, Gilbert Weiringa, A. Mbewu +2 more
1996Annals of Clinical Biochemistry23 citations Open access
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Individual and area-level socioeconomic correlates of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control in uMgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Slm Madela, N. Harriman, R. Sewpaul, A. Mbewu +5 more
2023BMC Public Health22 citations Open access
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Coronary artery disease and risk factors in Black South Africans--a comparative study.
M. Nethononda, M. Essop, A. Mbewu, J. Galpin
2004Ethnicity & Disease22 citations
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Prevalence of multimorbidity of cardiometabolic conditions and associated risk factors in a population-based sample of South Africans: A cross-sectional study
R. Sewpaul, A. Mbewu, A. Fagbamigbe, N. Kandala +1 more
2021Public Health in Practice21 citations Open access
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The burden of cardiovascular disease in Sub-Saharan Africa
A. Mbewu
201721 citations Open access
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Symptomatic hypocalcaemia associated with metastatic invasion of the parathyroid glands.
C. Goddard, A. Mbewu, J. Evanson
1990British journal of hospital medicine14 citations
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The Implications of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease on Public Health Policy and Health Promotion in South Africa
S. Reddy, A. Mbewu
2016Healthcare8 citations Open access
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Beta-blockers for hypertension (Review)
C. Wiysonge, H. Bradley, J. Volmink, B. Mayosi +2 more
20127 citations
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What obstacles to TB control?
J. Dick, A. Mbewu, R. Matji
1999South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde7 citations
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Beta-blockers for hypertension.
C. Wiysonge, H. Bradley, B. Mayosi, Roy T. Maroney +3 more
2007Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews6 citations
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Beta-blockers for hypertension.
C. Wiysonge, H. Bradley, J. Volmink, B. Mayosi +2 more
2012Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews5 citations
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Changing history--closing the gap in AIDS treatment and prevention.
A. Mbewu
2004Bulletin of the World Health Organization5 citations
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Commentary: sexually transmitted infection in South Africa: 50 years after Sidney Kark.
P. Reddy, A. Mbewu, C. Nogoduka
2003International Journal of Epidemiology5 citations Open access
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Beta-blockers for hypertension.
C. Wiysonge, H. Bradley, J. Volmink, B. Mayosi +2 more
2012Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews4 citations
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The Future of TDR: It Will Share the R&D Landscape with Other National and Multilateral Agencies
A. Mbewu
2008PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases1 citations Open access
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AIDS management options for SA.
A. Mbewu, P. Matchaba, S. Reddy, P. Onyebujoh
2000South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde1 citations
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Aorto-iliac occlusive disease in the various population groups of South Africa.
A. Mbewu
2000South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde1 citations
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Celecoxib--is it worth celebrating?
B. Taylor, B. W. van de Wal, A. Mbewu
2000South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde1 citations
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South African medical research--ugly stepsister or fairy godmother?
A. Mbewu
1996South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde1 citations
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Studies of Tobacco Smoking and Control
Priscilla Reddy, S. James, N. Naidoo, R. Sewpaul +3 more
20130 citations
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Plasma homocysteine and arterial thromboembolic disease.
A. Mbewu, C. Nogoduka, B. Taylor
2003South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde0 citations
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Celecoxib--the debate rages on.
B. Taylor, B. W. van de Wal, A. Mbewu
2001South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde0 citations
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Antiretroviral Therapy Is Only Part of It. (Round Table Discussion)
A. Mbewu
20010 citations
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Prevention of cardiovascular disease is possible but a major challenge
A. Mbewu, A. Alwan
20010 citations
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Global mandate in CVD prevention: From molecules to markets
A. Mbewu
20000 citations
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Myocardial infarction in a young woman during pregnancy
A. Mbewu, S. Leeson, T. Mahmood, L. Cotter +1 more
19950 citations
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