Health system readiness for non-communicable diseases at the primary care level: a systematic review

A Kabir, MN Karim, RM Islam, L Romero, B Billah - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To synthesise evidence on the primary healthcare system's readiness for
preventing and managing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Design Systematic review …

How well are non-communicable disease services being integrated into primary health care in Africa: A review of progress against World Health Organization's African …

AG Tesema, WS Ajisegiri, S Abimbola, C Balane… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Objective In Africa, mortality due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is projected to
overtake the combined mortality from communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional …

Reasons for poor blood pressure control in eastern sub-Saharan Africa: looking into 4P's (primary care, professional, patient, and public health policy) for improving …

MM Sorato, M Davari, A Kebriaeezadeh… - BMC cardiovascular …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Aim Hypertension control in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the worst (less than one
out of ten) when compared to the rest of the world. Therefore, this sco** review was …

Ongoing and planned activities to improve the management of patients with Type 1 diabetes across Africa; implications for the future

B Godman, D Basu, Y Pillay, PHRF Almeida… - Hospital …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Currently about 19 million people in Africa are known to be living with diabetes,
mainly Type 2 diabetes (T2DM)(95%), estimated to grow to 47 million people by 2045 …

Health system's availability and readiness of health facilities for chronic non-communicable diseases: evidence from the Ethiopian national surveys

A Defar, GT Zeleke, D Berhanu, ET Lemango… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) currently cause more deaths than all
other causes of deaths. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and chronic respiratory …

A framework for assessing healthcare facilities in low-resource settings: field studies in Benin and Uganda

L Di Pietro, D Piaggio, I Oronti, A Maccaro… - Journal of Medical and …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The aim of this paper is to present and validate a framework for assessing
healthcare facilities in low-resource settings to collect evidence and inform policies on the …

Zambia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic: exploring lessons, challenges and implications for future policies and strategies

S Mudenda, M Chileshe, M Mukosha… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - scirp.org
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global public health problem that
has affected the globe in different ways. There is little information published on the …

Readiness of health facilities to deliver non-communicable diseases services in Kenya: a national cross-sectional survey

R Ammoun, WM Wami, P Otieno, C Schultsz… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for an estimated 71% of
all global deaths annually and nearly 80% of these deaths occur in low-and middle-income …

Assessing service availability and readiness of healthcare facilities to manage diabetes mellitus in Bangladesh: Findings from a nationwide survey

HA Chowdhury, P Paromita, CA Mayaboti… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the most prevalent non-communicable
diseases (NCDs) as well as a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Around …

'Implementability'matters: using implementation research steps to guide and support non-communicable disease national planning in low-income and middle-income …

AM Jackson-Morris, G Mutungi, E Maree… - BMJ Global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
The 'implementation gap'between national plans and successful implementation is a central
theme in addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). It is a factor that has undermined …