Placing a Health Equity Lens on Non-communicable Diseases in sub-Saharan Africa
Autor: | Evelyn J. Patterson, Helena E. Dagadu |
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Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male Sub saharan Adolescent Double burden Disease Modernization theory Communicable Diseases Young Adult Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Cost of Illness Environmental health parasitic diseases medicine Humans Child Africa South of the Sahara Aged biology Health Equity business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Newborn Infant Health Status Disparities Middle Aged medicine.disease Health equity Toll Child Preschool Chronic Disease biology.protein Female business Malaria |
Zdroj: | Journal of health care for the poor and underserved. 26(3) |
ISSN: | 1548-6869 |
Popis: | Deaths from non-communicable diseases are increasing worldwide. Low and middle-income countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), are projected to see the most rapid increase over the next two decades. While non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease increasingly contribute to mortality in SSA, communicable diseases such as malaria and HIV/AIDS remain major causes of death in this region, leading to a double burden of disease. In this paper, we use World Health Organization data and life table techniques to: (1) delineate the magnitude and toll of the double burden of disease in four SSA countries: Ghana, Gabon, Botswana, and Kenya, and (2) scrutinize assumptions linking changes in disease patterns to economic development and modernization. Our findings suggest that non-communicable and communicable diseases warrant equal research attention and financial commitment in pursuit of health equity. |
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