Key result
Non-communicable diseases impose a substantial burden in sub-Saharan Africa, with higher mortality and morbidity rates occurring in younger populations compared to developed countries.
Why the study?
In sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of non-communicable diseases remains underappreciated despite emerging evidence that it is substantial and strains already challenged health systems.
This review highlights the substantial and underappreciated burden of non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, in sub-Saharan Africa.
Requires urgent NCD control efforts in sub-Saharan Africa; leaves open optimal age-specific interventions.
In sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) remains under appreciated, but emerging evidence suggests it to be substantial. NCDs such as arterial hypertension, heart diseases, diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney diseases are especially relevant, and put additional strain on the already challenged health systems in this region. Moreover, NCDs appear to be associated with higher mortality and morbidity rates and are more common in younger population groups, in people from sub-Saharan Africa when compared to more developed countries. In this review, we summarize the current literature on the burden of NCDs in sub-Saharan Africa, and highlight the clinical implications of the most relevant etiologies, i.e. arterial hypertension, heart diseases, diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney diseases.
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Mapesi et al. (2019) conducted a review in Non-communicable diseases. Non-communicable diseases impose a substantial burden in sub-Saharan Africa, with higher mortality and morbidity rates occurring in younger populations compared to developed countries.
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