Due to upsurge of non-communicable disease (NCD) burden, there is accentuated
emphasis on task sharing and shifting NCDs-related health care delivery to non-physician …

Many studies have implemented and evaluated task-sharing interventions with community
health workers (CHWs) to manage hypertension. To identify gaps in research, we conducted …

Background Increasing stroke burden in India demands a long-term stroke surveillance
framework. Earlier studies in India were urban-based, short term and provided limited data …

Objective To test the hypothesis that an Accredited social health activist (ASHA), a
community health volunteer in a task-sharing model can help in sustained control of systolic …

Background and Purpose: The role of community health workers (CHWs) in stroke
surveillance and in establishing the stroke care pathway has not been studied. The aim of …

Objectives: Secondary prevention of stroke largely depends on risk factor control and
lifestyle modification. Optimal secondary prevention strategies are limited in rural settings …

Purpose Physicians who are primary care providers in rural communities form an essential
stakeholder group in rural mobile health (mHealth) delivery. This study was exploratory in …

Background: Stroke is a major global public health problem. Among noncommunicable
diseases, stroke is the second-most frequent cause of death and the third-most frequent …

Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are one of the major concerns of the 21st
century globally. Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) show a higher burden of NCDs …

The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing, hence there is a greater
emphasis on job sharing and transferring the provision of NCDs-related healthcare to non …