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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480950403321

Titolo

Continuing epidemiological transition in sub-saharan africa : a workshop summary / / Thomas Plewes and Kevin Kinsella, Rapporteurs ; Committee on Population, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : National Academies Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-309-26649-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (37 p.)

Disciplina

614.40967

Soggetti

Epidemiology - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Health planning - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Frontmatter""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1  Introduction""; ""2  The Changing Context of the Transition in sub-Saharan Africa""; ""3  Mortality and Causes of Death""; ""4  Risk Factor Transitions: Exposures and Comparative Risk Assessment""; ""5  The Role of Migration""; ""6  Health Financing in sub-Saharan Africa""; ""7  Data Collection and Validation in Resource-Poor Settings""; ""8  The Epidemiological Transition in Africa: Are There Lessons from Asia?""; ""9  Future Research Directions""; ""References""; ""Appendix A   Workshop Agenda""; ""Appendix B   Participant List""

""Appendix C   Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members and Presenters""