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Resources
- Breast cancer risk prediction model specific to sub-Saharan African women outperforms existing models
- Fragmented continuation of care for gestational diabetes in postpartum women in South Africa
- NCD Researcher Spotlight: Gertrude Nsorma Nyaaba
- Community health outreach workers improve hypertension treatment outcomes through follow-up visits in rural South Africa
- Better agreement between cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk prediction algorithms for non-migrant Ghanaians
- Personal delays contributing to advanced-stage breast cancer diagnosis in Soweto
- Country-specific waist circumference cut-off points result in lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome in rural South African women
- Limited diagnostic equipment interrupts continuum of care for non-communicable disease in South Africa
- High out-of-pocket payments for kidney transplants, breast and cervical cancer treatment in Kenya
- Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) essential medicines: low availability in public hospitals, high cost in private hospitals and pharmacies
- Sustained hypertension significantly linked to end organ damage (EOD) of the heart in rural Tanzanian elderly
- Lack of exposure to health information linked to high numbers of women not seeking cervical cancer screening in southern Ethiopia
- Hypertension, obesity, and diabetes in Malawi
- Ugandan village health teams (VHTs) as agents for NCD prevention and management
- Direct and indirect costs of diabetes in Africa
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Fighting non-communicable diseases in Africa through the voices and creativity of everyday people
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GLOBAL AWARENESS OF CHRONIC DISEASES
We want to see everyone on the continent aware of how to prevent and manage non-communicable diseases and empowered to pass the message on.
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