Integrating a community-based approach to non-communicable diseases care: a pilot programme in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Ariful Haque, MBBS (Author), Anne Cameron, MSc (Author), Asadur Rahman, MBBS (Author), Nilima Mehta, MSPH (Author), Nayanjeet Chaudhury, MD (Author), Ariful Alam, MBBS (Author), Morseda Chowdhury, PhD (Author), Adam Schwartz, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: As the threat of non-communicable diseases grows in Bangladesh, BRAC, in partnership with Medtronic, launched a pilot programme in early 2020 to leverage community health workers to improve the health outcomes of patients with hypertension and diabetes. This project builds off of BRAC�...