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Africa: Clinics Manage Hypertension Patients Better When More Hands Are On Deck
The Conversation Africa, 3 July 2018
South Africa's clinic based health system was originally created to provide primary care services like maternal and child care and care for acute conditions such as pneumonia or… Read more »
More Hands on Deck For Healthy Hearts
According to research done by South Africa's University of Witwatersrand, adding lay health workers to the clinics improves the care that patients with hypertension receive, more patients make it on their appointment days, and their waiting time gets reduced by one hour.
High blood pressure, or hypertension, is one of the main risk factors for Cardio Vascular Disease.
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20 July 2018
The Diseases Africans Need To Be Worrying About
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Most African countries are putting measures in place to prevent deaths from noncommunicable diseases like cancer. Tanzania is injecting funding to ... see more »
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Tanzania: Obesity Big Problem Fuelling NCDs
Citizen, 3 July 2018
The prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) is increasing throughout the world at an alarming rate, accounting for over 70 per cent of all deaths globally, the recent World… Read more »
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Tanzania: Join the Big Conversation in Tackling NCDs Burden
Citizen, 28 June 2018
Mwananchi Communications Limited (MCL) has launched a Thought Leadership forum that intends to bring together stakeholders from different sectors to discuss various issues… Read more »
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Tanzania: How Nutrition Can Help Tackle NCDs
Citizen, 27 June 2018
Over the recent years, the world has witnessed an alarming transition in diet. Read more »
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Angola: World Marks Hypertension Day
ANGOP, 17 May 2018
The world celebrates every year the Hypertension Day on 17 May. Read more »
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Nigeria: Hypertension - a Global Health Concern
Guardian, 14 June 2018
Hypertension and heart disease are global health concerns. Read more »
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Nigeria: Hypertension - Foods, Drinks Patients Must Avoid or Watch
Premium Times, 17 May 2018
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says African countries have the highest prevalence of hypertension with 46 per cent of their people aged 25- years and above having the disease. Read more »
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Non communicable diseases like stroke, heart attacks, diabetes, cancer and depression affect and kills millions of people globally every year. A number of African countries like ... Read more »
