PS218 Education Programs for Primary Care Physicians: An Experience From Various Capacity Building Initiatives on Chronic Conditions in India

According to Global status on NCDs 2014, chronic diseases have emerged as the leading cause of death & disability worldwide with 80% of the 38 million deaths occurring in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). Given the severely limited capacity of trained specialists, the tasks of chronic disease care need to be shifted to primary care physicians (PCPs). Innovative training models are needed to rapidly build capacity of PCPs to prevent & manage chronic diseases.

Source: CVD Prevention and Control - May 31, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: P. Gupta, S. Sinha, M. Joshi, S. Vats, M. Sharma, R. Srivastava, S. Bhalla, V. Mohan, N. Tandon, A.G. Unnikrishnan, K.S. Reddy, D. Prabhakaran Tags: Poster Abstract Source Type: research