Abstract
Africa bears a significant proportion of the global burden of chronic diseases, along with poor countries of Asia and Latin America. The World Health Organisation projects that over the next ten years the Continent will experience the largest increase in death rates from cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease and diabetes. Probably for the first time in Western and Central Africa, the very first coronary artery bypass surgery grafting was performed in the Cardiac Centre of Shisong in Cameroon.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 46 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Journal | The Pan African medical journal |
| Volume | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2011 |
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Budzee, A., Ghidoni, I., Giamberti, A., Cirri, S., Tantchou Tchoumi, J. C., Ambassa, J. C., & Butera, G. (2011). The first coronary by-pass grafting surgery done in western and central Africa. The Pan African medical journal, 8, 46.