Tackling Africas chronic disease burden from the local to the global 英文参考文献.docVIP

de-Graft Aikins et al. Globalization and Health 2010, 6:5 /content/6/1/5 COMMENTARY Open Access Tackling Africas chronic disease burden: from the Commentary local to the global Ama de-Graft Aikins*1, Nigel Unwin2, Charles Agyemang3, Pascale Allotey4, Catherine Campbell5 and Daniel Arhinful6 Abstract Africa faces a double burden of infectious and chronic diseases. While infectious diseases still account for at least 69% of deaths on the continent, age specific mortality rates from chronic diseases as a whole are actually higher in sub Saharan Africa than in virtually all other regions of th