Building Strong Primary Health Care to Tackle the Growing Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases in Nepal

Nepal is currently facing a double burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and communicable diseases, with rising trends of NCDs. This situation will add great pressure to already fragile health systems and pose a major challenge to the country's development unless urgent action is taken. While the primary health care approach offers a common platform to effectively address NCDs through preventive and curative interventions, yet its potential is not fully tapped in Nepal. In line with the Alma Ata and Astana Declarations, we propose an integrated approach for Nepal, and other low-and middle-income countries, including six key reforms to enhance the primary care response to the increasing burdens of NCDs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Global health action - 13(2020), 1 vom: 31. Dez., Seite 1788262

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gyawali, Bishal [VerfasserIn]
Khanal, Pratik [VerfasserIn]
Mishra, Shiva Raj [VerfasserIn]
van Teijlingen, Edwin [VerfasserIn]
Wolf Meyrowitsch, Dan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fragile health systems
Integrated approach
Journal Article
NCDs
Nepal
Primary healthcare

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Date Completed 15.03.2021

Date Revised 12.11.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/16549716.2020.1788262

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM312729103