Tackling Africa's chronic disease burden: from the local to the global

• Main Authors: Campbell Catherine (Author), Allotey Pascale (Author), Agyemang Charles (Author), Unwin Nigel (Author), de-Graft Aikins Ama (Author), Arhinful Daniel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2010-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Africa faces a double burden of infectious and chronic diseases. While infectious diseases still account for at least 69% of deaths on the continent, age specific mortality rates from chronic diseases as a whole are actually higher in sub Saharan Africa than in v...