Leveraging African traditional medicines to achieve universal health coverage in the management of hypertension in Cameroon: A discrete choice policy analysis.
K.A. Yongabi,
E Mbakwa,
N.C Okechukwu-Ezike
et al.
Abstract:Background:
Hypertension is a global disease affecting one billion people and is the common risk factor for death throughout the world. Hypertension is a major risk factor and one of the leading causes of Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) such as Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), stroke, heart failure and death. Patients make catastrophic out-of-pocket payments to manage this condition conventionally. In Africa some patients still visit traditional healers even after consulting with medical personnel and are appa… Show more
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