OC05_01 Task-Shifting for the Management of Hypertension: Lessons From the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases

Task-shifting to non-physician health workers (NPHWs) has been an effective model for managing infectious diseases and improving maternal and child health. There is inadequate evidence to show the effectiveness of NPHWs to manage cardiovascular diseases (CVD).

Source: CVD Prevention and Control - May 31, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: R. Joshi, A. Thrift, D. Praveen, M. Ntim, E. Ng, R. Vedanthan, M. Thorogood, J. Gyamfi, The Global Alliance for Chronic Disease Task-shifting Working Group Tags: Oral Abstract Source Type: research