2024
National age-specific mortality trends for cervical and breast cancers in urban–rural areas of China from 2009 to 2021: a population-based analysis
Li M, Qi J, Ma Y, Shu W, Xiao H, Wang L, Yin P, Guo H, Vermund S, Zhou M, Hu Y. National age-specific mortality trends for cervical and breast cancers in urban–rural areas of China from 2009 to 2021: a population-based analysis. Military Medical Research 2024, 11: 55. PMID: 39138529, PMCID: PMC11323448, DOI: 10.1186/s40779-024-00561-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAverage annual percent changeUrban-rural differencesMortality trendsRural areasNational Disease Surveillance Point SystemAge-specific mortality trendsBreast cancerDisease Surveillance Points systemAge groupsCancer control programsPromote health equityMortality rate ratiosAnnual percent changeRural-urban disparitiesRural-urban differencesRural areas of ChinaNegative binomial regression modelsUrban-rural areasTemporal trendsAge-specific mortalityPopulation-based analysisMortality rateBinomial regression modelsHealth equityJoinpoint models
2021
Potential Benefits of Expanded COVID-19 Surveillance in the US
Holtgrave DR, Vermund SH, Wen LS. Potential Benefits of Expanded COVID-19 Surveillance in the US. JAMA 2021, 326: 381-382. PMID: 34264262, PMCID: PMC10767713, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2021.11211.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Asymptomatic Transmission and the Infection Fatality Risk for COVID-19: Implications for School Reopening
Vermund SH, Pitzer VE. Asymptomatic Transmission and the Infection Fatality Risk for COVID-19: Implications for School Reopening. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020, 72: 1493-1496. PMID: 32584967, PMCID: PMC7337644, DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa855.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Monitoring Anesthesia Care Delivery and Perioperative Mortality in Kenya Utilizing a Provider-driven Novel Data Collection Tool
Sileshi B, Newton MW, Kiptanui J, Shotwell MS, Wanderer JP, Mungai M, Scherdin J, Harris PA, Vermund SH, Sandberg WS, McEvoy MD. Monitoring Anesthesia Care Delivery and Perioperative Mortality in Kenya Utilizing a Provider-driven Novel Data Collection Tool. Anesthesiology 2017, 127: 250-271. PMID: 28657959, PMCID: PMC5519082, DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000001713.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerioperative dataPerioperative mortality rateTertiary referral hospitalMortality rate differencesAnesthesia care deliveryLogistic regression modelsMiddle-income settingsPerioperative mortalityCesarean deliveryEmergency surgeryMiddle-income countriesPerioperative careReferral hospitalSurgery typeSingle centerProcedure typeGeneral surgeryHigh riskMortality rateCare deliveryMortalityData collection periodData collection toolSurgeryRegression modelsImpact of a critical health workforce shortage on child health in Zimbabwe: a country case study on progress in child survival, 2000–2013
Haley CA, Vermund SH, Moyo P, Kipp AM, Madzima B, Kanyowa T, Desta T, Mwinga K, Brault MA. Impact of a critical health workforce shortage on child health in Zimbabwe: a country case study on progress in child survival, 2000–2013. Health Policy And Planning 2017, 32: 613-624. PMID: 28064212, PMCID: PMC5406757, DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth workersMortality rateHealth servicesPost-natal care visitsHigh neonatal mortality rateChild health servicesLife-saving health servicesCommunity health workersNeonatal mortality rateLife-saving interventionsCommunity-based treatmentMillennium Development Goals fourLower-level cadresHealth workforce shortagesCritical shortageHigh child mortalityNational health policyCare visitsPregnant womenSenior providersHealth staffChild healthChild survivalHealth workforceChild mortality
2016
Factors associated with declining under-five mortality rates from 2000 to 2013: an ecological analysis of 46 African countries
Kipp AM, Blevins M, Haley CA, Mwinga K, Habimana P, Shepherd BE, Aliyu MH, Ketsela T, Vermund SH. Factors associated with declining under-five mortality rates from 2000 to 2013: an ecological analysis of 46 African countries. BMJ Open 2016, 6: e007675. PMID: 26747029, PMCID: PMC4716228, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAfricaBirth RateChildChild HealthChild MortalityDeveloping CountriesEconomic DevelopmentHealth ExpendituresHealth PolicyHealth ServicesHealthcare FinancingHumansInfantInfant HealthInfant MortalityMaternal HealthMaternal MortalityPatient Acceptance of Health CareSocial Determinants of HealthSocioeconomic FactorsTechnologyConceptsMortality rateAcute respiratory infectionsChild health interventionsMaternal mortality ratioU5M rateHigh ARRRespiratory infectionsPotential confoundersMaternal healthMortality ratioHealth interventionsSignificant associationAnnual rateMajority of factorsRobust linear regression modelsStudy periodM rateHealth expenditureLinear regression modelsARRTwo-thirdsRegression modelsAssociationHealthAfrican countries
2010
Sociocultural and epidemiological aspects of HIV/AIDS in Mozambique
Audet CM, Burlison J, Moon TD, Sidat M, Vergara AE, Vermund SH. Sociocultural and epidemiological aspects of HIV/AIDS in Mozambique. BMC Public Health 2010, 10: 15. PMID: 20529358, PMCID: PMC2891693, DOI: 10.1186/1472-698x-10-15.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV/AIDSHealth care infrastructureHIV incidenceHIV epidemicSevere health worker shortagesHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemicAntenatal clinic sitesChronic disease servicesAIDS mortality ratesHealth system strengtheningHealth worker shortagesHealth care systemTerms HIVDrug adherenceImmunodeficiency syndromeMost HIVHeterosexual infectionHIV prevalenceDisease servicesClinic sitesEpidemiological aspectsGeneral populationMortality ratePrevalence estimatesHIV
2009
Adult combination antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from Botswana and future challenges
Wester CW, Bussmann H, Koethe J, Moffat C, Vermund S, Essex M, Marlink RG. Adult combination antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from Botswana and future challenges. HIV Therapy 2009, 3: 501-526. PMID: 20161344, PMCID: PMC2774911, DOI: 10.2217/hiv.09.35.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCombination antiretroviral therapyAntiretroviral therapyUse of cARTFirst-line combination antiretroviral therapyHIV-1-infected adultsPrimary HIV-1 infectionMonths of treatmentHIV-1 infectionResource-rich settingsHigh mortality rateImmunologic recoveryVirologic suppressionHIV infectionHealthcare utilizationSaharan AfricaAdherence ratesLifelong monitoringPROGRESS trialTreatment outcomesMortality rateCART programClinical servicesImpressive declineTherapyInfection
2004
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa.
Vermund SH. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Africa. Topics In Antiviral Medicine 2004, 12: 130-4. PMID: 15647608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild transmissionHIV infectionInternational AIDS Society-USA courseMaternal plasma viral loadExclusive formula feedingNevirapine resistance mutationsSingle-dose nevirapinePrevention of motherPlasma viral loadPerinatal transmission ratePerinatal transmissionAntiretroviral therapyExclusive breastfeedingFormula feedingViral loadMaternal mortalityRisk factorsMortality rateHIVAfrican childrenMixed feedingGreater riskResistance mutationsEarly weaningBreastfeeding