Open AccessThe Epidemiological Transition: Policy and Planning Implications for Developing Countries
Author(s) -
Chinomnso C Nnebue
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v19i3.60173
Subject(s) - epidemiological transition , developing country , epidemiology , developed country , political science , the internet , economic growth , transition (genetics) , development economics , medicine , public relations , economics , environmental health , computer science , population , biochemistry , chemistry , world wide web , gene
Medical Scientists are beginning to understand better some of the trends in the changing disease and mortality patterns but policymakers need to know how to use this information to make decisions about the priorities for the health sector. This Paper is aimed at x-raying this shift in morbidity and mortality patterns and make recommendations for possible shift in planning and policies.