NHLBI perspectives on the growth of heart, lung, blood and sleep conditions in Africa: Global and domestic insights, challenges and opportunities

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages S18-S20

  Gibbons, Gary H ^a   Sampson, Uchechukwu K A ^a   Cook, Nakela L ^a   Mensah, George A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedical research; Cardiovascular diseases; Health inequities; Lung diseases; Sickle cell disease; Sleep disorders

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOENGINEERING; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LUNG BLOOD AND SLEEP DISORDER; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; INTESTINE FLORA; JUSTICE; LEADERSHIP; LIFE THREAT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MODIFIER GENE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SCREENING; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBESITY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PHARMACOGENOMICS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SICKLE CELL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; VACCINATION; AFRICA; BLOOD; HEART; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICA; BLOOD; HEART; HUMANS; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (U.S.); PUBLIC HEALTH; SLEEP; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930012905     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5830/CVJA-2015-044     Document Type: Article

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