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Scaling up Non-communicable Disease Control: Lessons to Be Learnt From the Infectious Disease Paradigm in Kenya.

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: Non-communicable diseases (NCD) are emerging as the leading cause of morbidity & mortality globally, with the greatest rise in incidence of cardiovascular disease cases observed in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is in addition to the heavy burden of infectious diseases already present in this setting. Describing the cross-cutting epidemiology of NCDs and infectious diseases with focus on the interaction between tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus, HIV and cardiovascular disease, HIV and cervical cancer as well as assessing the disparities in funding and service delivery systems between NCDs and infectious diseases; we review this rising double burden of infectious and non-infectious diseases and propose four lessons that can be learnt from the HIV response and adapted to inform the scale up of NCD control in Kenya which are also applicable in other African countries.

Source: PubMed

Authors: A Njoroge, K E Munene

Institutions: Kenyatta National Hospital, University of Nairobi

Language: English

Topic: Global Health and Epidemiology

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Fogarty International Center

Award: Integrating prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases and HIV care through research training in Kenya-INTEGRATE