Age Related Patterns of Disease and Mortality in Hospitalised Adults in Malawi.

BACKGROUND:The epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low and middle income countries (LMICs) is widely recognised as the next major challenge to global health. However, in many LMICs, infectious diseases are still prevalent resulting in a "double burden" of disease. With increase...

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Main Authors: Theresa J Allain, Stephen Aston, Gugulethu Mapurisa, Thokozani N Ganiza, Ndaziona P Banda, Servace Sakala, Andrew Gonani, Robert S Heyderman, Ingrid Peterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5242517?pdf=render