Solutions to Overcome NCD Challenges in Africa’s Primary Healthcare Systems

There has been a surge in the burden of Non- Communicable Diseases (NCDs) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This is largely due to the increase in disease modifiable risk factors such as tobacco use, physical inactivity, harmful use of alcohol and unhealthy diets. Furthermore, the World Health Organization (WHO) projects that the deaths due to NCDs in the region will increase by 27% by 2030 and this projection will exceed the number of deaths due to communicable, maternal, neonate, and nutritional diseases combined.