Policy environment for prevention, control and management of cardiovascular diseases in primary health care in Kenya

• Main Authors: Gershim Asiki (Author), Shuai Shao (Author), Carol Wainana (Author), Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa (Author), Tilahun N. Haregu (Author), Pamela A. Juma (Author), Shukri Mohammed (Author), David Wambui (Author), Enying Gong (Author), Lijing L. Yan (Author), Catherine Kyobutungi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Kenya, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) accounted for more than 10% of total deaths and 4% of total Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) in 2015 with a steady increase over the past decade. The main objective of this paper was to review the existing policies and their content...