Integration of non-communicable diseases in health care: Tackling the double burden of disease in African settings

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Temu, Florence ^a   Leonhardt, Marcus ^a   Carter, Jane ^a   Thiam, Sylla ^a  

^a AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Burden of disease; Health care; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY PLANNING; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH CARE CONCEPTS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTEGRATION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALARIA; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA; CATERING SERVICE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INCIDENCE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84904052513     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2014.18.202.4086     Document Type: Article

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