Assessment of hypertension management in primary health care settings in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on December 24, 2015

Authors

Aimée M Lulebo1,2, Mala A Mapatano3, Patrick K Kayembe4, Eric M Mafuta5, Paulin B Mutombo6, Yves Coppieters7

Author Affiliations

1: Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. aimelulebo@yahoo.fr.
2: Department of Epidemiology and Bio-statistics, Kinshasa School of Public Health, University of Kinshasa, P.O. Box 11850, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. aimelulebo@yahoo.fr.
3: Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. mapatanow@espkinshasa.net.
4: Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. patkayembe@yahoo.fr.
5: Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. ericmafuta2@gmail.com.
6: Kinshasa School of Public Health, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. paulinmutombo2004@yahoo.fr.
7: School of Public Health, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium. yves.coppieters@ulb.ac.be.

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