The European Union Nutritional Project
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The study on nutritional influences on the emergence of hypertension and diabetes in Afro-populations of Cameroon, Jamaica, Paris, France and Manchester, UK was conducted from 1993-1996 with financial assistance from the European Union.
This study enabled the determination of the influence of nutritional factors on the emergence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in rural and urban areas. The study was conducted in the Cite Verte and in three villages of the Evodoula Sub Division. The study enabled HoPiT to determine the prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and their respective risk factors. The nutritional survey was conducted as another component of the study. This permitted the categorisation of nutritional profiles of the study population. It also defined the relationship between the nutritional profiles and the emergence of hypertension and diabetes.
After demonstrating that these non-communicable diseases are an emerging health burden in Cameroon, the next step was to see how the Cameroon healthcare system is coping with this emergence in the presence of the unfinished agenda of communicable diseases. Details of this are outlined below.
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This project was concerned with the improvement of health care, in particular the development of practical treatment guidelines, and the (...) - The European Union Nutritional Project
The study on nutritional influences on the emergence of hypertension and diabetes in Afro-populations of Cameroon, Jamaica, Paris, France and (...)
