Developing effective chronic disease interventions in Africa: Insights from Ghana and Cameroon

Globalization and Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  de Graft Aikins, Ama ^a   Boynton, Petra ^b   Atanga, Lem L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETES; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG PRESCRIBING; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH WORKER; HYPERTENSION; LITERATURE REVIEW; POLICY STRATEGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMEROON; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MASS MEDIUM; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREVENTION STUDY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF HELP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CAMEROON; GHANA;

EID: 77950950218     PISSN: 17448603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-6-6     Document Type: Review

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