Readiness of the primary care system for non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Kengne, Andre Pascal ^a,b,c   Mayosi, Bongani M ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; TANZANIAN STANDARD TREATMENT GUIDELINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84899622252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70212-8     Document Type: Note

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