Health transition in Africa: practical policy proposals for primary care

Sub-Saharan Africa is undergoing health transition as increased globalization and accompanying urbanization are causing a double burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases. Rates of communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa are the highest in the world. The...

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Main Authors: D Maher, L Smeeth, J Sekajugo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2010-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862010001200016&lng=en&tlng=en