Demographic, epidemiological, and health transitions: are they relevant to population health patterns in Africa?

2014175 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Barthélémy Kuate Defo · Université de Montréal

Abstract

Prevailing frameworks of demographic, epidemiological, and health transitions as descriptive and predictive models are incomplete or irrelevant for charting the population and health experiences and prospects of national populations in the African context.

Topics & Keywords

Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management Global Health Care Issues Health disparities and outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Global Health Action

Volume 7, Issue 1, pp. 22443-22443

DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.22443

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