Involving private healthcare practitioners in an urban NCD sentinel surveillance system: lessons learned from Pune, India

Involving private healthcare practitioners in an urban NCD sentinel surveillance system: lessons learned from Pune, India

Background: Despite the rising impact of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) on public health in India, lack of quality data and routine surveillance hampers the planning process for NCD prevention and control. Current surveillance programs focus largely on communicable diseases and do not adequately i...

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Main Authors: Mareike Kroll, Revati Phalkey, Sayani Dutta, Sharvari Shukla, Carsten Butsch, Erach Bharucha, Frauke Kraas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-10-01
Series:Global Health Action
Subjects:
sentinel surveillance system
non-communicable disease
private healthcare sector
low- and middle-income countries
research to policy
Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/32635/pdf_304

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