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Review
. 2020 Jul 2;15(1):45.
doi: 10.5334/gh.835.

Multimorbidity: Not Just for the West

Amitava Banerjee  1 , John Hurst  2 , Edward Fottrell  3 , J Jaime Miranda  4
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Review

Multimorbidity: Not Just for the West

Amitava Banerjee et al. Glob Heart. .

Abstract

"A multimorbidity lens creates exciting opportunities to reconceptualise health and wellbeing in all its complexity. We need to improve health metrics to capture this complexity and strengthen health services to respond to it."

Keywords: global health; multimorbidity; non-communicable disease.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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