Health transition in Africa: practical policy proposals for primary care
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Health transition in Africa: practical policy proposals for primary care.
Sub-Saharan Africa is undergoing health transition as increased globalization and accompanying urbanization are causing a double burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases. Rates of communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa are the highest in the world. The impact of noncommunicable diseases is also increasing. For example, age-standardized mortality fr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0042-9686
DOI: 10.2471/blt.10.077891