… The purpose of this report is to provide an update on the situation of common risk factors
for NCDs in countries of the WHO African Region. The specific objectives are to provide …

… Africa contributing ≈80% of the participants. The relationships between risk factors and AMI
were investigated in the African … Relationships between common CVD risk factors and AMI …

… of CVD risk prevention and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa. We discuss risk factors specific
to … , developing healthcare systems, traditional healing, lifestyle and socio-cultural factors. …

… and mortality to risk factors has traditionally been in the context of individual risk factors, Often
… selected major risk factors to global and regional burden of disease in a unified framework. …

… African region to show the evolution of the social patterning of a broad set of both behavioural
and physiological CVRFs using repeated population-based surveys. Biological risk factors …

… The objective of the GBD 2010 Study was to estimate the epidemiology of 291 major diseases
and injuries in 21 epidemiologic regions, including four sub-Saharan Africa regions (sub-…

… WHO regional office for Africa co-sponsored the first African … A patient with hypertension
and no risk factors will not be … level of hypertension together with several other risk factors. …

… This picture holds true for all regions of the world and in different ethnic groups. However, …
among populations of Africa populations in Europe. We have chosen the risk factors found to …

… burden of disease estimates, our findings suggest that substantial gains in health have been
achieved in most populations, countered by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa …

… selection of explanatory factors in this study. Here, our study utilized this conceptual framework
as the basis for identifying vital risk factors for under-five mortality in sub-Sahara region. …