Session 59:
Trends, patterns, and consequences of non-communicable diseases in Africa
Chair: Kofi Awusabo-Asare, University of Cape Coast
Discussant: Catherine Kyobutungi, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC)
Self-rated health (SRH) and healthcare utilization among rural elderly Ghanaians in Kassena-Nankana district • Amon Exavery, Ifakara Health Institute (IHI) ; Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, University of the Witwatersrand ; Cornelius Y. Debpuur, Navrongo Health Research Centre
Chronic diseases among the aged reported at Cape Coast Metropolitan Hospital • Adoma Owusu Prince, University of Cape Coast
Household burden of chronic non-communicable disease in Ghana: rural – urban dichotomy • Henry A. Tagoe, University of Ghana
Trends in female adult height and GDP per capita in sub-Saharan Africa • Michel Garenne, Institut Pasteur
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