Preventing non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
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Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: what we know now.
BACKGROUND Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has a disproportionate burden of both infectious and chronic diseases compared with other world regions. Current disease estimates for SSA are based on sparse data, but projections indicate increases in non-communicable diseases (NCDs) caused by demographic and epidemiologic transitions. We review the literature on NCDs in SSA and summarize data from the Worl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Global Health Promotion
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1757-9759,1757-9767
DOI: 10.1177/1757975910363946