The January -June issue of the bi-annual magazine ‘The African Health Monitor’ deals with non-communicable diseases. There are a number of articles in the magazine which point out that changing lifestyles in Africa have resulted in more chronic diseases. As Dr Matshidiso Moeti states:
Heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and other chronic diseases are often thought to be public health problems of significance only in high-income countries. In reality, only 20% of chronic disease deaths occur in high-income countries, while 80% occur in low- and middle-income countries where most of the world’s populations live.
Other issues covered in the magazine are mental health, substance abuse and living with disabilities.
Download the magazine here (pdf)
Books
- Disease And Mortality in Sub-saharan Africa
- Challenges in Reforming the Health Sector in Africa (second edition)
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