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Impact of general practitioner on perceived quality of care and monitoring maternal-newborn health outcomes in developing countries

  • Usman Iqbal
  • , Shabbir Syed-Abdul
  • , Yu Chuan Jack Li*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Nowadays, non-communicable diseases are the most common reasons for about two-thirds of the all deaths globally. In 2008, the global deaths were estimated ~69% were due to non-communicable diseases [1]. China itself attributed ~70% of the total non-communicable disease burden and increasing day by day. The World Health Organization (WHO) propose to provide a proactive, patient-centered, community-based and sustainable primary healthcare to patients with non-communicable diseases. This becomes a global public health priority and WHO goal is to reduce 25% non-communicable diseases mortality by 2025.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)539-539
Number of pages1
JournalInternational Journal for Quality in Health Care
Volume28
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2016
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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