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Cardiovascular Disease Governance
A national strategy or plan that addresses:
Stakeholder action
CVDs and their specific risk factors
NCD and their risk factors
Rheumatic heart disease prevention
and control as a priority
A national surveillance system that
includes CVDs and their risk factors
Non-governmental
organizations’ advocacy
for CVD policies and
programmes
Civil society involved in
developing and
implementing of
national CVD prevention
and control plan
Health System
Capacity
Clinical Practice and Guidelines
ZAMBIA
Number of hospital beds
(per 10,000 population)
20
ZAMBIA
Locally-relevant (national or subnational level):
Clinical tool to assess CVD risk
Guidelines for treatment of tobacco dependence
The detection and management of atrial fibrillation
The detection and management of acute rheumatic fever
The detection and management of rheumatic heart disease
The detection and management of diabetes
CVD prevention (within the last 5 years)
A system to measure the quality of care provided to people
who have suffered acute cardiac events
Source References: Global Health Data Exchange; WHO Global Health Observatory data repository; WHO NCD Document repository; Country specific publications.
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Number of nurses
(per 10,000 population)
13.4
+
Number of physicians
(per 10,000 population)
11.9
Clinical Guidelines for:
No data KEY: In process/ partially
implemented
Not in place In place