Chronic disease management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Whose business is it?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2258-2270

  Bischoff, Alexander ^a,b   Ekoe, Tetanye ^c   Perone, Nicolas ^b   Slama, Slim ^b   Loutan, Louis ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c Universite de Yaounde I Faculte de Medecine   (Cameroon)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronic disease management; Nursing; Public health; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AWARENESS; CAMEROON; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE TRAINING; PANDEMIC; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAMEROON; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NURSES; PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 69449104435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph6082258     Document Type: Review

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