Incorporating selected non-communicable diseases into facility-based surveillance systems from a resource-limited setting in Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As Mozambique faces a double burden of diseases, with a rise of Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) superimposed to uncontrolled communicable diseases (CD), routine disease surveillance system does not include NCD. The objectives of our study were to i) upgrade of the current surveillance system by adapting the data collection tools to NCD; ii) describe the occurrence and profile of selected NCD using these data collection tools.

Methods

Workshops were implemented in a first referral urban hospital of Mozambique to train clinical staff, administrative workers and nurses on NCD surveillance, as well as select conditions to be prioritized. Based on the WHO Global Action Plan and Brazaville Declaration for NCD prevention and control, we selected arterial hypertension, di

SUBMITTER: Mocumbi AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6360799 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature