Integrating a diabetes and hypertension case management package within primary health care: a mixed methods feasibility study in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: R Huque (Author), S Nasreen (Author), F Ahmed (Author), J P Hicks (Author), J Walley (Author), J N Newell (Author), H Elsey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Almost three quarters of non-communicable disease (NCD) deaths, and 82% of premature NCD deaths, occur in low- and middle-income countries. Bangladesh has an estimated 7 million hypertensives and 10 million diabetics, and primary care is struggling to respond. Our aim was to deve...