Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of large cohort studies

Dec. 8, 2019 Africa

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Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of large cohort studies

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause a large and growing burden of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Prospective cohort studies are key to study multiple risk factors and chronic diseases and are crucial to our understanding of the burden, aetiology and prognosis of NCDs in SSA. The aim of this study was to identify the level of research output on NCDs and their risk factors collected by cohorts in SSA.

Source:: Journal of Global Health

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http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201902/jogh-09-020409.htm

africa, chronic diseases, morbidity, mortality, non-communicable diseases, quality of health care, risk factors