%0 Journal Article
%T Capacity assessment of selected health care facilities for the pilot implementation of Package for Essential Non-communicable Diseases (PEN) intervention in Ghana
%A Dennis Ocansey
%A Donne Kofi Ameme
%A Efua Commeh
%A Kofi Mensah Nyarko
%A Mehitabel Tori Markwei
%A Sally-Ann Ohene
%J Archive of "The Pan African Medical Journal".
%D 2016
%R 10.11604/pamj.supp.2016.25.1.6252
%X Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) continue to pose threats to human health and development worldwide. Though preventable, NCDs kill more people annually than all other diseases combined. The four major NCDs namely cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and cancers share common modifiable risk factors. In order to prevent and control NCDs, Ghana has adopted the World Health Organisation Package for Essential NCD (WHO-PEN) intervention, to be piloted in selected districts before a nationwide scale-up. We assessed the capacity of these facilities for the implementation of the WHO-PEN pilot
%K Capacity assessment
%K Non-Communicable Diseases
%K WHO-PEN
%K Ghana
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5257011/