"South Africa" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A republic in southern Africa, the southernmost part of Africa. It has three capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Officially the Republic of South Africa since 1960, it was called the Union of South Africa 1910-1960.
Concept/Terms
South Africa- South Africa
- Union of South Africa
- Republic of South Africa
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "South Africa".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "South Africa".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "South Africa" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "South Africa" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
1996 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
1997 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
1998 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
1999 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2001 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
2002 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
2003 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
2004 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
2005 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
2006 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
2007 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
2008 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
2009 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
2010 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
2011 | 0 | 46 | 46 |
2012 | 0 | 54 | 54 |
2013 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
2014 | 0 | 67 | 67 |
2015 | 0 | 62 | 62 |
2016 | 0 | 66 | 66 |
2017 | 0 | 56 | 56 |
2018 | 0 | 70 | 70 |
2019 | 0 | 56 | 56 |
2020 | 0 | 85 | 85 |
2021 | 0 | 91 | 91 |
2022 | 0 | 82 | 82 |
2023 | 0 | 58 | 58 |
2024 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "South Africa" by people in Profiles.
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Postprandial glucose variability and clusters of sex hormones, liver enzymes, and cardiometabolic factors in a South African cohort of African ancestry. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2024 Mar 07; 12(2).
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Child support grant expansion and cognitive function among women in rural South Africa: Findings from a natural experiment in the HAALSI cohort. PLoS One. 2024; 19(3):e0297673.
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HIV, multimorbidity, and health-related quality of life in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: A population-based study. PLoS One. 2024; 19(2):e0293963.
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Mid-life employment trajectories and subsequent memory function and rate of decline in rural South Africa, 2000-22. Int J Epidemiol. 2024 Feb 14; 53(2).
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Migrant men and HIV care engagement in Johannesburg, South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2024 Feb 12; 24(1):435.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder as a risk factor for major adverse cardiovascular events: a cohort study of a South African medical insurance scheme. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2024 Feb 05; 33:e5.
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Modelling the health and economic impacts ofM72/AS01E vaccination and BCG-revaccination: Estimates for South Africa. Vaccine. 2024 Feb 27; 42(6):1311-1318.
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The Association Between HIV-Related Stigma and the Uptake of HIV Testing and ART Among Older Adults in Rural South Africa: Findings from the HAALSI Cohort Study. AIDS Behav. 2024 Mar; 28(3):1104-1121.
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People living with HIV's perspectives of acceptability of fee for home delivery of ART: a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Jan 17; 24(1):88.
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Associations between cohort derived dementia and COVID-19 serological diagnosis among older Black adults in rural South Africa. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1304572.