Adult non-communicable disease mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites

• Main Authors: P. Kim Streatfield (Author), Wasif A. Khan (Author), Abbas Bhuiya (Author), Syed M.A. Hanifi (Author), Nurul Alam (Author), Cheik H. Bagagnan (Author), Ali Sié (Author), Pascal Zabré (Author), Bruno Lankoandé (Author), Clementine Rossier (Author), Abdramane B. Soura (Author), Bassirou Bonfoh (Author), Siaka Kone (Author), Eliezer K. Ngoran (Author), Juerg Utzinger (Author), Fisaha Haile (Author), Yohannes A. Melaku (Author), Berhe Weldearegawi (Author), Pierre Gomez (Author), Momodou Jasseh (Author), Patrick Ansah (Author), Cornelius Debpuur (Author), Abraham Oduro (Author), George Wak (Author), Alexander Adjei (Author), Margaret Gyapong (Author), Doris Sarpong (Author), Shashi Kant (Author), Puneet Misra (Author), Sanjay K. Rai (Author), Sanjay Juvekar (Author), Pallavi Lele (Author), Evasius Bauni (Author), George Mochamah (Author), Carolyne Ndila (Author), Thomas N. Williams (Author), Kayla F. Laserson (Author), Amek Nyaguara (Author), Frank O. Odhiambo (Author), Penelope Phillips-Howard (Author), Alex Ezeh (Author), Catherine Kyobutungi (Author), Samuel Oti (Author), Amelia Crampin (Author), Moffat Nyirenda (Author), Alison Price (Author), Valérie Delaunay (Author), Aldiouma Diallo (Author), Laetitia Douillot (Author), Cheikh Sokhna (Author), F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Stephen M. Tollman (Author), Kobus Herbst (Author), Joël Mossong (Author), Nguyen T.K. Chuc (Author), Martin Bangha (Author), Osman A. Sankoh (Author), Peter Byass (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: Mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is a major global issue, as other categories of mortality have diminished and life expectancy has increased. The World Health Organization's Member States have called for a 25% reduction in premature NCD mortality by 2025, which can on...