Without good data Africa will find it hard to fight non-infectious diseases
Non-communicable diseases that you can’t catch from someone else such as stroke, high blood pressure and cancer, account for 36.1m deaths worldwide. Put it another way, this is about 63% of all deaths in the world. While the West is familiar with contributory factors including smoking tobacco, drinking too much alcohol and inactive lifestyles, the vast majority of the global burden (80%)...
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Published in 2014
Adeloye D.
Adeloye Davies » Dr. Davies Adeloye is a medical doctor and epidemiologist with extensive clinical, research and training experience in Nigeria and the United Kingdom. In October 2011, he was awarded the prestigious Charles Darwin International Scholarship of the University of Edinburgh to pursue a PhD in Population Health Sciences, which he completed within 3 years.
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