Take home messages from the paper
NCDs are becoming a public health challenge in Africa and the capacity to respond, particularly in The Gambia, to halt the progression is weak.
There are increasing cases of mortality, morbidity and hospital admission due to NCDs in The Gambia and there are gender differences in the outcomes; mortality due to NCDs is higher in men while women suffer higher morbidity and hospitalisation.
Periodic epidemiological survey (community-based or national) is warranted to accurately quantify the burden of the NCDs and their risk factors as a first step towards effective policy formulation.
Research into NCDs should be multi-disciplinary in view of their multi-factorial aetiologies and drivers. These multi-disciplinary researches should however translate into interventions that are multi-sectoral, tailored to the local context and community-based.
There is need for better participation of CBOs, FBOs and NGOs in the provision appropriate health education (improving awareness and ways of preventing the risk factors and complication of NCDs), financial and psychosocial supports or management of NCDs.
There is urgent need for increased investments on health workforce and medical products and technologies towards adequately addressing the emerging epidemic of NCDs in The Gambia and Africa in general.
Take home messages from the paper
NCDs are becoming a public health challenge in Africa and the capacity to respond, particularly in The Gambia, to halt the progression is weak.
There are increasing cases of mortality, morbidity and hospital admission due to NCDs in The Gambia and there are gender differences in the outcomes; mortality due to NCDs is higher in men while women suffer higher morbidity and hospitalisation.
Periodic epidemiological survey (community-based or national) is warranted to accurately quantify the burden of the NCDs and their risk factors as a first step towards effective policy formulation.
Research into NCDs should be multi-disciplinary in view of their multi-factorial aetiologies and drivers. These multi-disciplinary researches should however translate into interventions that are multi-sectoral, tailored to the local context and community-based.
There is need for better participation of CBOs, FBOs and NGOs in the provision appropriate health education (improving awareness and ways of preventing the risk factors and complication of NCDs), financial and psychosocial supports or management of NCDs.
There is urgent need for increased investments on health workforce and medical products and technologies towards adequately addressing the emerging epidemic of NCDs in The Gambia and Africa in general.
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