Noncommunicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: Where do they feature in the health research agenda?

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 79, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 947-953

  Unwin, Nigel ^a   Setel, Philip ^a,b   Rashid, Seif ^c   Mugusi, Ferdinand ^d   Mbanya, Jean Claude ^e   Kitange, Henry ^b,f   Hayes, Louise ^a   Edwards, Richard ^a   Aspray, Terry ^a   Alberti, K G M M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Adult Morbidity and Mortality Proj   (Tanzania)

^c Ilala District Hospital   (Tanzania)

^d MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^f Morogoro Regional Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa South of the Sahara (source: MeSH); Chronic disease economics epidemiology therapy; Cost of illness; Health priorities; Health services research; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HYPERTENSION;

AFRICA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0034765216     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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