Abstract
BackgroundAn increasing burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in low-resource settings demands innovative public health approaches.ObjectivesTo design and test a novel mobile health (mHealth) tool for use by community health workers...
Highlights
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for two out of every three deaths worldwide.[1]
We have developed a mobile health (mHealth) tool that can be used by community health workers (CHWs) to screen for cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, demonstrating the proof of concept in rural Kenya
Of 36 million deaths linked with NCDs globally, 80% occur in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs)
Summary
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for two out of every three deaths worldwide.[1]. The growing burden of NCDs in LMICs is well recognised, primary data from these countries are scarce and the disease burden may be underreported.[1] It is estimated that up to 85% of individuals with diabetes and 66.3% of individuals with hypertension remain undiagnosed.[4] Recent studies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have reported a sharp increase in the occurrence of CVD risk factors in rural areas.[4] The rise in CVD is linked to the increase in hypertension, diabetes, obesity and hypercholesterolemia in Africa in recent years. Objectives To design and test a novel mobile health (mHealth) tool for use by community health workers (CHWs) to identify individuals at high CVD risk who would benefit from education and/or pharmacologic interventions.
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