Surveillance for non-communicable disease risk factors in Maldives: results from the first STEPS survey in Male

Maimoona Aboobakur (), Ali Latheef (), Ahmed Mohamed (), Sheena Moosa (), Ravindra Pandey (), Anand Krishnan () and Dorairaj Prabhakaran ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2010, vol. 55, issue 5, 489-496

Abstract: The significant burden posed by the NCD risk factors along with the gender and socioeconomic differentials point to the need for public health action. The Ministry of Health has already initiated a comprehensive response to this threat. The experience and lessons from this survey will be useful for developing a comprehensive and sustainable surveillance system in the country. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel/Switzerland 2010

Keywords: Surveillance; Prevalence; NCD risk factors; Maldives; STEPS survey (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-0114-y

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