Access to diagnostic tests and essential medicines for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes care: cost, availability and affordability in the West Region of Cameroon.

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Published in PLoS One on November 04, 2014

Authors

Ahmadou M Jingi1, Jean Jacques N Noubiap2, Arnold Ewane Onana3, Jobert Richie N Nansseu4, Binhuan Wang5, Samuel Kingue1, André Pascal Kengne6

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
2: Internal Medicine Unit, Edéa Regional Hospital, Edéa, Cameroon.
3: National Obesity Center, Yaoundé Central Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
4: Sickle Cell Unit, Mother and Child Centre, Chantal Biya Foundation, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
5: Department of Population Health, Division of Biostatistics, New York School of Medicine, New York, United States of America.
6: Non-communicable Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

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