Integrating HIV, hypertension, and diabetes primary care in Africa.
Integrating HIV, hypertension, and diabetes primary care in Africa.
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整合非洲的艾滋病毒、高血压和糖尿病初级保健。
DOI:
10.1016/s0140-6736(23)01884-6
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发表时间:
2023
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Peck,RobertN
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Kisigo,GodfreyA;Peck,RobertN
However, a dramatic wave of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Africa threatens to reverse the health gains made by combating HIV. According to WHO global health estimates, NCDs accounted for 17 million premature deaths in 2019, and 86% of these premature deaths occurred in lower-income countries. NCDs are projected to be the most common cause of premature death in Africa by 2030. 3 Once again, the problem in Africa appears to be related to primary care health systems, which are currently much weaker for NCDs than for HIV, 4 resulting in disturbingly low rates of diagnosis, treatment, and control for NCDs. 5 Once again, pessimists believe that NCD care will be too complicated and too costly.The obvious questions are what can be learned from the highly successful HIV programmes in Africa to address the growing problem of NCDs, and can we build on existing HIV infrastructure to address NCDs without compromising HIV programmes? These questions have been reverberating but, until now, we did not have the clinical trial evidence to answer them. 6, 7 In The Lancet, Sokoine Kivuyo and colleagues report the results of INTE-AFRICA, 8 a pragmatic cluster randomised trial of integrated management of HIV, diabetes, and hypertension. 32 primary care clinics in Tanzania and Uganda were randomly allocated to provide either integrated care or an enhanced standard vertical care. In the integrated care group,