Viewpoint: Scaling up testing services for non-communicable diseases in Africa: Priorities for implementation research

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1353-1356

  Jaffar, S ^a   Amberbir, A ^a,b   Kayuni, N ^b   Musicha, C ^b   Nyirenda, M ^a,b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; Cardiovascular disease; HIV infection; Implementation research; Non communicable diseases; Research priorities; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES; DISEASE CONTROL; HYPERTENSION; RESEARCH;

AFRICA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BORDERLINE HYPERTENSION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROL STRATEGY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PATIENT COUNSELING; RESEARCH PRIORITY; RISK FACTOR; SCALE UP; SCREENING TEST; SELF EVALUATION; STIGMA; TUBERCULOSIS;

AFRICA;

AFRICA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HIV-INFECTION; IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; RESEARCH PRIORITIES; SCREENING;

AFRICA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING; RESEARCH;

EID: 84886254296     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12180     Document Type: Article

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