Health service readiness to provide care for HIV and cardiovascular disease risk factors in low- and middle-income countries.

• Main Authors: Neil Cockburn (Author), David Flood (Author), Jacqueline A Seiglie (Author), Jennifer Manne-Goehler (Author), Krishna Aryal (Author), Khem Karki (Author), Albertino Damasceno (Author), Rifat Atun (Author), Sebastian Vollmer (Author), Till Bärnighausen (Author), Pascal Geldsetzer (Author), Mary Mayige (Author), Lisa Hirschhorn (Author), Justine Davies (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cardiovascular disease risk factors (CVDRF), in particular diabetes and hypertension, are chronic conditions which carry a substantial disease burden in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Unlike HIV, they were neglected in the Millenium Development Goals along with the health services required to man...