Implementation strategies to improve outcomes in patients with established cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

Leah A Sanga; Jonathan A Hudson; Alexander D Perkins; Adrianna Murphy; Anthony Etyang; Pablo Perel; Anoop S V Shah

doi:10.1371/journal.pgph.0004544

Implementation strategies to improve outcomes in patients with established cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025 May 5;5(5):e0004544. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004544. eCollection 2025.

Authors

Leah A Sanga¹, Jonathan A Hudson², Alexander D Perkins¹, Adrianna Murphy³, Anthony Etyang⁴, Pablo Perel¹, Anoop S V Shah^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
² Kings College London BHF Centre, School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences, London, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Dept of Epidemiology and Demography, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.

Abstract

The protocol was registered in PROSPERO prior to the study implementation (ID: CRD42023465781). The protocol can be accessed at crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?RecordID=465781.

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