Non-communicable diseases among adolescent and young adult females in sub-Saharan Africa
The rising disease burden of NCDs for adolescent and young adult females in SSA has attracted attention. Targeted interventions and strengthened health systems should be prioritized to address the concerning NCD burden in adolescent girls in SSA.
Authors
- Peipei Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2512-5717)
- Jun Qun Fang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9532-8444)
- Yan Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-6978-7300)
- Aklilu Azazh
- Jin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5499-3947)
- Shen Gao
- Claude Eric Bodounrin Kouchica
- Xueyu Han
- Jie Chang
Institutions
- Hebei Medical University (CN)
- Ministry of Health and Welfare (KR)
- Capital Medical University (CN)
- Peking University (CN)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- National Center for Chronic and Noncommunicable Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Peking University First Hospital (CN)
- Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CN)
- Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital (CN)
- Addis Ababa University (ET)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Epidemiology
- Published
- 2026-02-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyag022
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00