Task Sharing and Task Shifting (TSTS) in the Management of Africans with Hypertension: A Call For Action-Possibilities and Its Challenges

Oluseyi Ademola Adejumo; Reuben Mutagaywa; Florence Koryo Akumiah; Adeseye Abiodun Akintunde

doi:10.5334/gh.1301

Task Sharing and Task Shifting (TSTS) in the Management of Africans with Hypertension: A Call For Action-Possibilities and Its Challenges

Global Heart

Volume 19 (2024): Issue 1

By: Oluseyi Ademola Adejumo , Reuben Mutagaywa , Florence Koryo Akumiah and Adeseye Abiodun Akintunde

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1301 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179

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Submitted on: Oct 4, 2023

Accepted on: Jan 23, 2024

Published on: Feb 22, 2024

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Keywords:

Hypertension,

Task-shifting,

Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC)

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