The PIH Guide to Chronic Care Integration for Endemic Non-Communicable Diseases

Publication date: 03/01/11
by Editors: Gene Bukhman and Alice Kidder
Partners In Health; Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Program in Global Non-Communicable Disease and Social Change

This guide is written for district-level health care providers and policy makers designing a health system for care of NCDs in very low-income populations. Based on the experiences and collaboration between Rwandan and international specialists over four years, the book is funded by the Medtronic Foundation through a grant to Partners In Health.

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Guide sections

• Front Matter (340 KB)
• Foreward - Binagwaho (119 KB)
• Foreward - Mayosi (115 KB)
• Chapter 1 - Integration of Chronic Care Services in Rwanda (254 KB)
• Chapter 2 - Palliative Care and Chronic Care (213 KB)
• Chapter 3 - Role of Community Health Workers, Family Planning, Mental Health, and Social Services in the Treatment of Chronic Disease (139 KB)
• Chapter 4 - Heart Failure (1.9 MB)
• Chapter 5 - Cardiac Surgery Screening, Referral, Anticoagulation, and Postoperative Management (270 KB)
• Chapter 6 - Chronic Kidney Disease (467 KB)
• Chapter 7 - Diabetes (332 KB)
• Chapter 8 - Hypertension (348 KB)
• Chapter 9 - Rheumatic Heart Disease Prevention (221 KB)
• Chapter 10 - Chronic Respiratory Disease (246 KB)
• Epilogue - Paul Farmer (115 KB)
• Abbreviations (86 KB)
• Appendix a - Essential Equipment and Medicines (102 KB)
• Appendix b - Cost Models (176 KB)
• Appendix c - Indicators for Monitoring and Evaluation (131 KB)
• Appendix d - Forms (1.4 MB)
• Appendix e - Normal Values (135 KB)
• Index (238 KB)