NHLBI perspectives on the growth of heart, lung, blood and sleep conditions in Africa: global and domestic insights, challenges and opportunities

Cardiovasc J Afr. 2015 Mar-Apr;26(2 Suppl 1):S18-20. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2015-044.

Authors

Gary H Gibbons¹, Uchechukwu K A Sampson², Nakela L Cook¹, George A Mensah²

Affiliations

¹ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), and National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, USA.
² Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA.

Abstract

‘Of all forms of inequity, injustice in healthcare is the most shocking and inhumane’

Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, March 25, 1966, 2nd National Convention of the Medical Committee for Human Rights

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Africa
Blood*
Heart / physiology*
Humans
Medical Informatics
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.) / organization & administration*
Public Health / trends*
Sleep / physiology*
United States