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Editorial
. 2023 Aug 30;18(1):47.
doi: 10.5334/gh.1259. eCollection 2023.

Cardiovascular Care in Africa - Cost Crisis and the Urgent Need for Contextual Health Service Solutions

Florence Koryo Akumiah  1 , Abdul-Subulr Yakubu  2 , Dzifa Ahadzi  2 , Lawrence Sena Tuglo  3 , Snehasish Mishra  4 , Ranjan K Mohapatra  5 , Alfred Doku  1   6   7
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Cardiovascular Care in Africa - Cost Crisis and the Urgent Need for Contextual Health Service Solutions

Florence Koryo Akumiah et al. Glob Heart. .
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Keywords: Africa; cardiovascular diseases; cost crisis; health service solutions; health structures.

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The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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