Chronic Disease Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Whose Business Is It?

Public health specialists and clinicians alike agree that Humanity faces a global pandemic of chronic diseases in the 21(st) century. In this article we discuss the implications of this pandemic on another global issue, the health workforce. Because both issues are particularly acute in Sub-Saharan...

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Autores principales: Bischoff, Alexander, Ekoe, Tetanye, Perone, Nicolas, Slama, Slim, Loutan, Louis
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738886/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19742159
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6082258
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author Bischoff, Alexander
Ekoe, Tetanye
Perone, Nicolas
Slama, Slim
Loutan, Louis
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description Public health specialists and clinicians alike agree that Humanity faces a global pandemic of chronic diseases in the 21(st) century. In this article we discuss the implications of this pandemic on another global issue, the health workforce. Because both issues are particularly acute in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), we will focus on this region and use Cameroon as a case in point. We first gauge the epidemic of chronic conditions in SSA. We then discuss the implications of chronic conditions for the reshaping of health systems and the health workforce. We conclude by making a strong case for the building up and strengthening the health workforce, insisting on the crucial role of nurses, their training, and involvement in chronic disease management.
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spelling pubmed-27388862009-09-08 Chronic Disease Management in Sub-Saharan Africa: Whose Business Is It? Bischoff, Alexander Ekoe, Tetanye Perone, Nicolas Slama, Slim Loutan, Louis Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Public health specialists and clinicians alike agree that Humanity faces a global pandemic of chronic diseases in the 21(st) century. In this article we discuss the implications of this pandemic on another global issue, the health workforce. Because both issues are particularly acute in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), we will focus on this region and use Cameroon as a case in point. We first gauge the epidemic of chronic conditions in SSA. We then discuss the implications of chronic conditions for the reshaping of health systems and the health workforce. We conclude by making a strong case for the building up and strengthening the health workforce, insisting on the crucial role of nurses, their training, and involvement in chronic disease management. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009-08 2009-08-14 /pmc/articles/PMC2738886/ /pubmed/19742159 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph6082258 Text en © 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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