The Consortium for NCD Prevention and Control in Sub-Saharan Africa (CNCD-Africa): From concept to practice

Global Health Promotion

Volumn 20, Issue 4_suppl, 2013, Pages 97-103

  Amuyunzu Nyamongo, Mary ^a   Owuor, Jared O ^a   Blanchard, Claire ^b  

^a African Institute for Health Development   (Kenya)

^b International Union for Health Promotion and Education IUHPE   (France)

Author keywords

advocacy; convening; knowledge generation; low and middle income countries; NCD Action; NCD Capacity Building; NCD Control; NCD Prevention; networking; non communicable diseases; partnerships; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CAPACITY BUILDING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

EID: 84921891046     PISSN: 17579759     EISSN: 17579767     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757975913500682     Document Type: Article

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