TY - JOUR
T1 - Innovating healthcare delivery to address noncommunicable diseases in low-income settings
T2 - The example of hypertension
AU - Piot, Peter
AU - Aerts, Ann
AU - Wood, David A.
AU - Lamptey, Peter
AU - Oti, Samuel
AU - Connell, Kenneth
AU - Dorairaj, Prabhakaran
AU - Boufford, Jo I.
AU - Caldwell, Aya
AU - Perel, Pablo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Pablo Perel.
PY - 2016/7
Y1 - 2016/7
N2 - London Dialogue event, The Hospital Club, 24 Endell St, London, WC2H 9HQ, London, UK, 1 December 2015 Hypertension is a global health issue causing almost 10 million deaths annually, with a disproportionate number occurring in low- and middle-income countries. The condition can be managed effectively, but there is a need for innovation in healthcare delivery to alleviate its burden. This paper presents a number of innovative delivery models from a number of different countries, including Kenya, Ghana, Barbados and India. These models were presented at the London Dialogue event, which was cohosted by the Novartis Foundation and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Centre for Global Noncommunicable Diseases on 1 December 2015. It is argued that these models are applicable not only to hypertension, but provide valuable lessons to address other noncommunicable diseases.
AB - London Dialogue event, The Hospital Club, 24 Endell St, London, WC2H 9HQ, London, UK, 1 December 2015 Hypertension is a global health issue causing almost 10 million deaths annually, with a disproportionate number occurring in low- and middle-income countries. The condition can be managed effectively, but there is a need for innovation in healthcare delivery to alleviate its burden. This paper presents a number of innovative delivery models from a number of different countries, including Kenya, Ghana, Barbados and India. These models were presented at the London Dialogue event, which was cohosted by the Novartis Foundation and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Centre for Global Noncommunicable Diseases on 1 December 2015. It is argued that these models are applicable not only to hypertension, but provide valuable lessons to address other noncommunicable diseases.
KW - global health
KW - healthcare
KW - healthcare telemedicine
KW - high blood pressure
KW - hypertension
KW - low- and middle-income countries
KW - management
KW - noncommunicable disease
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U2 - 10.2217/fca-2016-0032
DO - 10.2217/fca-2016-0032
M3 - Article
C2 - 27291058
AN - SCOPUS:84975687424
SN - 1479-6678
VL - 12
SP - 401
EP - 403
JO - Future Cardiology
JF - Future Cardiology
IS - 4
ER -