Thematic Series

Africa's chronic disease burden: local and global perspectives

Edited by Guest Editors: Dr Ama de-Graft Aikins (University of Cambridge), Prof Nigel Unwin (University of Newcastle), Dr Charles Agyemang (University of Amsterdam), Prof Pascale Allotey (Monash University), Prof Catherine Campbell (London School of Economics ...

Research

Local suffering and the global discourse of mental health and human rights: An ethnographic study of responses to mental illness in rural Ghana
Ursula M Read, Edward Adiibokah, Solomon Nyame
Globalization and Health 2009, 5:13 (14 October 2009)
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Review

An overview of cardiovascular risk factor burden in sub-Saharan African countries: a socio-cultural perspective
Rhonda BeLue, Titilayo A Okoror, Juliet Iwelunmor, Kelly D Taylor, Arnold N Degboe, Charles Agyemang, Gbenga Ogedegbe
Globalization and Health 2009, 5:10 (22 September 2009)
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Review

A review of co-morbidity between infectious and chronic disease in Sub Saharan Africa: TB and Diabetes Mellitus, HIV and Metabolic Syndrome, and the impact of globalization
Fiona Young, Julia A Critchley, Lucy K Johnstone, Nigel C Unwin
Globalization and Health 2009, 5:9 (14 September 2009)
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Research

"I washed and fed my mother before going to school": Understanding the psychosocial well-being of children providing chronic care for adults affected by HIV/AIDS in Western Kenya
Morten Skovdal, Vincent O Ogutu
Globalization and Health 2009, 5:8 (23 August 2009)
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Review

Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and established risk factors among populations of sub-Saharan African descent in Europe: a literature review
Charles Agyemang, Juliet Addo, Raj Bhopal, Ama de Graft Aikins, Karien Stronks
Globalization and Health 2009, 5:7 (11 August 2009)
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