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Assessing geographic co-morbidity associated with vascular diseases in South Africa : a joint Bayesian Modeling approach
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Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin, Manda, Samuel O. M. and Tigbe, William W. (2014) Assessing geographic co-morbidity associated with vascular diseases in South Africa : a joint Bayesian Modeling approach. In: Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin and Ghilagaber, Gebrenegus , (eds.) Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa. The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, Volume 34 . Netherlands: Springer, pp. 303-320. ISBN 9789400767775
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6778-2_15
Abstract
The growing incidence of chronic conditions associated with changing lifestyles is creating new challenges for African countries; most of which are struggling with widespread infectious diseases. The dangers of infectious diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis in Africa are well-known. However, the growing public health problems associated with lifestyle and chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, obesity, diabetes, cancer, as well as those associated with smoking, alcohol and drug abuse are not widely recognised. Changing lifestyles and dietary patterns, declining levels of physical activity and an increasingly long-lived population all play a role as African countries move through stages of nutritional and epidemiologic transitions (Mensah 2008). The shift from infectious to chronic diseases is accelerating: it’s projected that by 2020, chronic diseases will account for almost three-quarters of all deaths worldwide and that 60 % of the burden of chronic diseases will occur in developing countries (WHO 2011).
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Series Name: | The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis | ||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||
Place of Publication: | Netherlands | ||||
ISBN: | 9789400767775 | ||||
ISSN: | 1389-6784 | ||||
Book Title: | Advanced Techniques for Modelling Maternal and Child Health in Africa | ||||
Editor: | Kandala, Ngianga-Bakwin and Ghilagaber, Gebrenegus | ||||
Official Date: | 2014 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 34 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 303-320 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/978-94-007-6778-2_15 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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