The economic burden of chronic non-communicable diseases in rural Malawi: an observational study.

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Published in BMC Health Serv Res on September 01, 2016

Authors

Qun Wang1,2, Stephan Brenner1, Olivier Kalmus1, Hastings Thomas Banda3, Manuela De Allegri4

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, INF 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
2: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Dalian University of Technology, Linggong Road No. 2, Ganjingzi District, Dalian, China.
3: Research for Equity and Community Health Trust (REACH Trust), P.O. Box 1597, Lilongwe, Malawi.
4: Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, INF 324, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. manuela.de.allegri@urz.uni-heidelberg.de.

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