Burden of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, 1990-2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Gouda, Hebe; Charlson, F.; Sorsdahl, K.; Ahmadzada, Sanam; Ferrari, A.; Erskine, H.; Leung, J.; Santamauro, Damian; Lund, C.; Aminde, L.; Mayosi, B.; Kengne, A.; Harris, M.; Achoki, T.; Wiysonge, C.; J Stein, Dan; Whiteford, H.

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30374-2

Public

Burden of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa, 1990-2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.

Shared by NobleBlocks on Oct 1, 2019 • 12:00 AM UTC

Authors:

Hebe Gouda

F. Charlson

K. Sorsdahl

Abstract

BACKGROUND Although the burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa continues to be dominated by infectious diseases, countries in this region are undergoing a demographic transition leading to increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). To inform health system responses to these changing...

Subject

Medicine

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!