Establishing national noncommunicable disease surveillance in a developing country: a model for small island nations

• Main Authors: Angela M. Rose (Author), Ian R. Hambleton (Author), Selvi M. Jeyaseelan (Author), Christina Howitt (Author), Rhea Harewood (Author), Jacqueline Campbell (Author), Tanya N. Martelly (Author), Tracey Blackman (Author), Kenneth S. George (Author), Trevor A. Hassell (Author), David O. Corbin (Author), Rudolph Delice (Author), Patsy Prussia (Author), Branka Legetic (Author), Anselm J. Hennis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Objective To describe the surveillance model used to develop the first national, population-based, multiple noncommunicable disease (NCD) registry in the Caribbean (one of the first of its kind worldwide); registry implementation; lessons learned; and incidence and mortality rates from the...