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WHO sub-regional seminar on the epidemiology and community control of diabetes mellitus in Africa

WHO sub-regional seminar on the epidemiology and community control of diabetes mellitus in Africa Diabetologia (1989) 32: 624 Diabetologia 9 Springer-Verlag 1989 Workshop report H. King 1, L. Papoz 2, M. Vrayz, M. Ducorps 2 and F. Simondon3 I Division of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 2 INSERM, Institute National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unit 21, Villejuif, France 30RSTOM, Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Cooperation, Dakar, Senegal At the initiative of the WHO Regional Office for Africa, a subregional seminar on public health aspects of diabetes mellitus was held from 24-28 April 1989 in Kinshasa, Zaire. The seminar was sponsored by WHO and INSERM Unit 21 the WHO Collaborating Centre for Coordination of and Training in Clinical Research and Epidemiology in Diabetes, Paris, France. Fourteen participants from nine countries in the Central African sub-region attended the seminar. Regional faculty members came from The Congo (Professor Mbadinga), Mali (Dr Niantao), Senegal (Professor Sow) and Zaire (Professor Kandingu). Both the WHO Regional Office for Africa and WHO Headquarters, Geneva were represented. Topics presented in the seminar included a review of diabetes epidemiology, basic principles of epidemiology and medical statistics, intervention studies and their evaluation, approaches to community prevention and control, a literature critique and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Diabetologia Springer Journals

WHO sub-regional seminar on the epidemiology and community control of diabetes mellitus in Africa

King, H.; Papoz, L.; Vray, M.; Ducorps, M.; Simondon, F.
Diabetologia , Volume 32 (8) – Aug 1, 1989
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WHO sub-regional seminar on the epidemiology and community control of diabetes mellitus in Africa

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Diabetologia (1989) 32: 624 Diabetologia 9 Springer-Verlag 1989 Workshop report H. King 1, L. Papoz 2, M. Vrayz, M. Ducorps 2 and F. Simondon3 I Division of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 2 INSERM, Institute National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unit 21, Villejuif, France 30RSTOM, Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Cooperation, Dakar, Senegal At the initiative of the WHO Regional Office for Africa, a...
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1989 by Springer-Verlag
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Medicine & Public Health; Human Physiology; Internal Medicine; Metabolic Diseases
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0012-186X
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1432-0428
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10.1007/BF00285338
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Diabetologia (1989) 32: 624 Diabetologia 9 Springer-Verlag 1989 Workshop report H. King 1, L. Papoz 2, M. Vrayz, M. Ducorps 2 and F. Simondon3 I Division of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 2 INSERM, Institute National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Unit 21, Villejuif, France 30RSTOM, Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Cooperation, Dakar, Senegal At the initiative of the WHO Regional Office for Africa, a subregional seminar on public health aspects of diabetes mellitus was held from 24-28 April 1989 in Kinshasa, Zaire. The seminar was sponsored by WHO and INSERM Unit 21 the WHO Collaborating Centre for Coordination of and Training in Clinical Research and Epidemiology in Diabetes, Paris, France. Fourteen participants from nine countries in the Central African sub-region attended the seminar. Regional faculty members came from The Congo (Professor Mbadinga), Mali (Dr Niantao), Senegal (Professor Sow) and Zaire (Professor Kandingu). Both the WHO Regional Office for Africa and WHO Headquarters, Geneva were represented. Topics presented in the seminar included a review of diabetes epidemiology, basic principles of epidemiology and medical statistics, intervention studies and their evaluation, approaches to community prevention and control, a literature critique and

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