Edited by Andre Pascal Kengne, Richard Wamai and Naomi Levitt.
Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 3):1224
Volume 18 Supplement 3
Publication of this supplement has been funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC) grant number 107209-001, through the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC). The articles have undergone the journal's standard peer review process for supplements. NL declares to have received funding to attend international conferences from Sanofi and Novo nordisk and whose Unit has received contributions to the salary of a diabetes educator from Roche Diagnostics and Lilly Laboratories. The other Supplement Editors declare that they have no competing interests.
Edited by Andre Pascal Kengne, Richard Wamai and Naomi Levitt.
Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 3):1224
Hypertension is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and the leading cause of death worldwide. Despite growing evidence that the prevalence of hypertension is rising in sub-Saharan Africa...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 3):1219
Diabetes Mellitus is one of the four major non-communicable diseases causing about 4 million deaths in 2017. By 2040, low income countries are projected to experience 92% increase in mortality due to diabetes....
Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 3):1215
Cervical cancer is a major public health concern in Kenya. It is the leading cause of cancer morbidity and mortality among women. Although screening is an effective prevention method, uptake is low among eligi...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 3):1221
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), are increasing globally, causing about 60% of disability-adjusted life years and 39.8 million deaths in 2015. Risk factors often cluster and interact multiplicatively in an in...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 3):1220
Non-communicable diseases and unintentional injuries are emerging public health problems in sub-Saharan Africa. These threats have multiple risk factors with complex interactions. Though some studies have expl...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 3):1225
Globally, alcohol consumption contributes to 3.3 million deaths and 5.1% of Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs), and its use is linked with more than 200 disease and injury conditions. Our study assessed th...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 3):1216
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2015, over 1.1 billion people smoked tobacco, which represents around 15% of the global population. In Africa, around one in five adults smoke tobacco. The ...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 3):1223
Physical inactivity accounts for more than 3 million deaths worldwide, and is implicated in causing 6% of coronary heart diseases, 7% of diabetes, and 10% of colon or breast cancer. Globally, research has show...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 3):1217
Burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD) is increasing worldwide. Risk factor surveillance informs public health interventions in NCD control. This study describes the dietary risk factors for NCD found in th...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 3):1218
Injuries are becoming an increasingly important public health challenge globally, and are responsible for 9% of deaths. Beyond their impact on health and well-being, fatal and non-fatal injuries also affect so...
Citation: BMC Public Health 2018 18(Suppl 3):1222
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