Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention Policies and Their Implementation in Africa: A Systematic Review
Objectives: To synthesize the existing evidence on NCD policy equity, policy practices, and policy implementation gaps to prevent NCDs in African countries. Methods: Following the PRISMA-Extension for equity-focused review guidelines, the authors systematically searched documentary evidence from sev...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8865333/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35295954 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2021.1604310 |
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author | Kassa, Melkamu Dugassa Grace, Jeanne Martin |
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description | Objectives: To synthesize the existing evidence on NCD policy equity, policy practices, and policy implementation gaps to prevent NCDs in African countries. Methods: Following the PRISMA-Extension for equity-focused review guidelines, the authors systematically searched documentary evidence from seven databases (BMC, CINHAL Plus, Cochrane, Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus) to identify studies conducted and published on African countries between April 2013 and December 31, 2020. Results: From identified 213 records, 21 studies were included in the final synthesis. Major results showed inadequate studies on NCD policy, unsatisfactory NCD-related policy development, poor policy implementation, lack of policy equity to combat NCDs, and lack of data recorded on NCDs’ prevalence, morbidity, and mortality. Conclusion: The rigorous WHO-endorsed NCD policies and prevention strategies on the African continent might debar African policymakers and leaders from developing and implementing indigenous NCD-combating strategies. Continent-wide innovative and indigenous NCD-prevention policies and policy equity to effectively prevent, control, and manage NCDs must be developed by African scientists and policymakers. |
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spelling | pubmed-88653332022-03-15 Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention Policies and Their Implementation in Africa: A Systematic Review Kassa, Melkamu Dugassa Grace, Jeanne Martin Public Health Rev Public Health Archive Objectives: To synthesize the existing evidence on NCD policy equity, policy practices, and policy implementation gaps to prevent NCDs in African countries. Methods: Following the PRISMA-Extension for equity-focused review guidelines, the authors systematically searched documentary evidence from seven databases (BMC, CINHAL Plus, Cochrane, Google Scholar, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus) to identify studies conducted and published on African countries between April 2013 and December 31, 2020. Results: From identified 213 records, 21 studies were included in the final synthesis. Major results showed inadequate studies on NCD policy, unsatisfactory NCD-related policy development, poor policy implementation, lack of policy equity to combat NCDs, and lack of data recorded on NCDs’ prevalence, morbidity, and mortality. Conclusion: The rigorous WHO-endorsed NCD policies and prevention strategies on the African continent might debar African policymakers and leaders from developing and implementing indigenous NCD-combating strategies. Continent-wide innovative and indigenous NCD-prevention policies and policy equity to effectively prevent, control, and manage NCDs must be developed by African scientists and policymakers. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-09 /pmc/articles/PMC8865333/ /pubmed/35295954 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2021.1604310 Text en Copyright © 2022 Kassa and Grace. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. PHR is edited by the Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+) in a partnership with the Association of Schools of Public Health of the European Region (ASPHER)+ |
spellingShingle | Public Health Archive Kassa, Melkamu Dugassa Grace, Jeanne Martin Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention Policies and Their Implementation in Africa: A Systematic Review |
title | Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention Policies and Their Implementation in Africa: A Systematic Review |
title_full | Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention Policies and Their Implementation in Africa: A Systematic Review |
title_fullStr | Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention Policies and Their Implementation in Africa: A Systematic Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention Policies and Their Implementation in Africa: A Systematic Review |
title_short | Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention Policies and Their Implementation in Africa: A Systematic Review |
title_sort | noncommunicable diseases prevention policies and their implementation in africa: a systematic review |
topic | Public Health Archive |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8865333/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35295954 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/phrs.2021.1604310 |
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