The Rising Burden of Diabetes and Hypertension in Southeast Asian and African Regions: Need for Effective Strategies for Prevention and Control in Primary Health Care Settings

The Rising Burden of Diabetes and Hypertension in Southeast Asian and African Regions: Need for Effective Strategies for Prevention and Control in Primary Health Care Settings

Aim. To review the available literature on burden of diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HTN) and its coexistence in Southeast Asian (SEA) and the African (AFR) regions and to suggest strategies to improve DM and HTN prevention and control in primary health care (PHC) in the two regions. Method...

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Main Authors: Viswanathan Mohan, Yackoob K. Seedat, Rajendra Pradeepa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Hypertension
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/409083
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