Tajikistan Country Assessment: Focus on Cardiovascular Disease
Language:
English
Publisher:
World Health Organization
Series/Journal Title:
Better Noncommunicable Disease Outcomes: Challenges and Opportunities for Health Systems
Copyright:
2014
Pages:
64
Description:
Cardiovascular diseases are the predominant cause of death in Tajikistan, with a growing burden of ischemic heart disease, strokes and cirrhosis between 1990 and 2010. Considering this, this report focuses on cardiovascular diseases and their risk factors, such as hypertension and poor nutrition; it is estimated that 40% of the Tajik population is overweight and 9% is obese. [from abstract]
Subject
Geographic Focus
Resource Type
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