ABSTRACT
The closure of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015 prompted the need for a book of this kind. An interdisciplinary group of global health scholars contribute to the understanding of the emerging and fast-growing problem of the dual burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa.
This book is timely, as the international community has moved from the MDGs to adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the blueprint for a new human development agenda. Contributions and case studies are situated in the revised Epidemiologic and Nutrition Transition Model to capture the current situation, referencing communicable and NCDs on the African continent. The case studies encapsulated aim to help minimize negative health outcomes and improve population health, well-being, and equity in the future.
This book will be significant in policy circles to assist international organizations, governments, and United Nations agencies. It aims to chart the future for health in Africa in light of recently adopted SDGs. This book is also a useful complementary reader for global public health related courses.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |35 pages
Introduction
chapter |7 pages
Introduction
part |95 pages
Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
chapter |17 pages
Perilous outcomes
part |93 pages
Noncommunicable/degenerative disease complex
chapter |21 pages
Physical activity, nutrition, and hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa
chapter |16 pages
Weight status and uncontrolled urbanization in Cameroon
chapter |15 pages
Health data collection efforts and non-communicable diseases
part |42 pages
Food security, nutrition, and health