Chronic Disease in the Community (CDCom) Program: Hypertension and non-communicable disease care by village health workers in rural Uganda.
<h4>Background</h4>Although hypertension, the largest modifiable risk factor in the global burden of disease, is prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, rates of awareness and control are low. Since 2011 village health workers (VHWs) in Kisoro district, Uganda have been providing non-communicab...
Main Authors: | Joseph H Stephens, Aravind Addepalli, Shombit Chaudhuri, Abel Niyonzima, Sam Musominali, Jean Claude Uwamungu, Gerald A Paccione |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247464 |
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