Noncommunicable diseases in East Africa: Assessing the gaps in care and identifying opportunities for improvement

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1506-1513

  Siddharthan, Trishul ^a,b   Ramaiya, Kaushik ^c   Yonga, Gerald ^d   Mutungi, Gerald N ^e   Rabin, Tracy L ^f   List, Justin M ^g   Kishore, Sandeep P ^h   Schwartz, Jeremy I ^f  

^a Johns Hopkins University ^*  (Uganda)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d NCD Research to Policy Unit Department of Internal Medicine Khan University   (Kenya)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBANIZATION; AFRICA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

AFRICA, EASTERN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84942307975     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0382     Document Type: Article

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