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Thursday, December 3 / 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM   •   St. George Hall

Session 118:
Trends, Patterns and Consequences of Non-communicable Diseases in Africa

Chair: Géraldine Duthé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)
Discussant: Sally E. Findley, Columbia University and ICAP-NY

  1. Prevalence of chronic conditions, their risk factors and associated disability in people aged 50 years and above infected or affected by HIV in Uganda • Joseph Mugisha, University of Missouri and MRC Uganda ; Enid Schatz, University of Missouri, Columbia ; Madeleine Randell, University of Sydney ; Monica Kuteesa, Uganda Virus Research Institute ; Eugene Kinyanda, Uganda Virus Research Institute ; Paul Kowal, World Health Organization (WHO) ; Joel Negin, University of Sydney ; Janet Seeley, MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

  2. Well-being, social cohesion and dietary intake of people living with non-communicable diseases: results from World Health Organization Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health, Ghana • Aaron K. Christian, University of Ghana ; Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, University of Ghana ; Grace Marquis, McGill University

  3. Emergence of overweight and obesity related non-communicable diseases in South Africa • Abhishek Saraswat, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Kanchan Negi, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

  4. Hypertension in developing countries • Kemi Tibazarwa, University of the Witwatersrand

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