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[Medical Daily Routine in the Tropics: A Case-Based Overview]
1Departement Public Health, Zentrum für Reisemedizin und Übertragbare Krankheiten, Institut für Epidemiologie, Biostatistik und Prävention, Universität Zürich.
Abstract:
Medical Daily Routine in the Tropics: A Case-Based Overview Abstract. When we speak about «medicine in the tropics» it is malaria epidemics, diarrheal diseases and worm infections that come to mind. A lesser-known fact is the impact of the new epidemic of non-communicable diseases, which are currently responsible for about half of all deaths occurring in the tropical world regions. Changing demographic, social and economic factors are the drivers for diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity. The observed increase in non-communicable diseases coupled with the persistence of classic infectious tropical diseases creates a double medical burden and presents a great challenge in these low-resource settings.
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