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22 février 2024 | Neglected Tropical Diseases

Task sharing and task shifting: optimizing the primary health care workforce for improved delivery of noncommunicable disease services in Kenya

Responding to the NCD burden for Kenya requires a restructuring of the health system. The burden of NCDs continues to rise and hinders the country’s universal health coverage ambitions. It was reported that in 2019, over one third of all deaths in Kenya were attributable to NCDs. Four major NCDs, that is cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), cancers, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases, accounted for 57% of these deaths.

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