Study, Design, and Rationale of Noncommunicable Diseases in Nepal (NCD Nepal) Study: A Community-Based Prospective Epidemiological and Implementation Study in Rural Nepal

• Main Authors: Gagan Neupane MBBS (Author), Sameer Acharya MBBS (Author), Manoj Bhattarai MD (Author), Ashish Upadhyay MD (Author), Bishal Belbase MBBS (Author), Manoj Bhandari MD (Author), Drona Pandeya MS, MLS (ASCP) (Author), Shatakshi Pokharel MBBS (Author), Sulochana Ghimire PCL, BPH (Author), Gorakh Thapa PCL (Author), Biraj Karmacharya MPH, PhD (Author), Madan Raj Bhatt MA, MPH (Author), John A Spertus MD, MPH (Author), Dinesh Neupane MSPH, PhD (Author), Lava Timsina MPH, PhD (Author), Yashashwi Pokharel MD, MSCR (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading causes of deaths globally. Currently, there are limited high-quality data on the epidemiology and usefulness of community-based screening and treatment of NCDs in low-to-middle-income countries (LMIC), like Nepal. We describe the protocol of...