Monitoring of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension in South Africa: Challenges for the post-2015 global development agenda

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 680-687

  Day, C ^a   Groenewald, P ^b   Laubscher, R ^b   Chaudhry, S ^a   van Schaik, N ^a   Bradshaw, D ^b  

^a Health Systems Trust   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTICEMIA; SOUTH AFRICA; AGE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84925581520     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: 20785135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.7868     Document Type: Article

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