In Ghana, there is evidence showing that chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are emerging conditions and many studies have made this claim. This assertion is based on epidemiological transition theory which posits that, as a society modernises, the pattern of disease shifts from infectious to chronic non-communicable diseases. But is there a transition going on in Ghana or are studies making this claim trying to fit their data into the epidemiological transition model? To what extent can we say that the patterns of disease have changed in Ghana considering the weak nature of disease surveillance in the country? The focus of
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