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Validity of Measures for Chronic Disease in African Settings (2021)

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The global health community has gradually been turning its attention toward chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).¹ However, as Sanuade explains in the next chapter, the lack of well-established NCD surveys, disease registries, cohort studies and complete health facility data has meant that the data available to understand chronic NCDs, their risk factors and appropriate interventions in these settings are limited. There have been recent attempts to fill in these data gaps. The World Health Organization (WHO) has implemented World Health Surveys, Stepwise Approach to Surveillance (STEPS) and the longitudinal Study on Global Ageing and Adult

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Book Mika, Marissa Anne; Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Kafui; Vaughan, Megan (2021) Epidemiological Change and Chronic Disease in Sub-Saharan Africa. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Curtain, Philip D.
Brisbois, Ben W
Broadbent, Alex
Hakosalo, Heini
Hochman, Gilberto
Krimsky, Sheldon
Journals
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Medical History
Social Studies of Science
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Cold War History
Publishers
Ashgate, Variorum
Harvard University Press
UCL Press
University of California Press
Springer Nature
Concepts
Health risk assessment
Public health
Colonialism
Epidemiology
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Prevention and control of disease
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
20th century, late
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
Places
Africa
United States
Brazil
India
Canada
France
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
United Nations
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