Non-communicable diseases in Jamaica : moving from prescription to prevention / Shiyan Chao, Carmen Carpio and Willy de Geyndt.

Non communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of death throughout the Americas, but the epidemic has hit the Caribbean region particularly hard. NCDs represent not only the major cuases of death (heart disease, cancer, stroke, and diabetes) but are responsible for the greatest share of the...

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Main Authors:	Chao, Shiyan, 1953- (Author), Carpio, Carmen (Author), De Geyndt, Willy (Author)
Corporate Author:	World Bank. Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Washington, DC] : World Bank, 2011.
Series:	En breve (World Bank Latin America and Caribbean Region) ; no. 171.
Subjects:	Medical policy.