The Ghana heart initiative - a health system strengthening approach as index intervention model to solving Ghana's cardiovascular disease burden

• Main Authors: Alfred K. Doku (Author), John Tetteh (Author), Juliette Edzeame (Author), Ron J. G. Peters (Author), Charles Agyemang (Author), Elom Hillary Otchi (Author), Alfred Edwin Yawson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death worldwide, with 80% of these deaths occurring in low-middle income countries (LMICs). In Ghana and across Africa, CVDs have emerged as the leading causes of death primarily due to undetected and under treated hypertension, yet less than 5%...