Developing effective chronic disease interventions in Africa: insights from Ghana and Cameroon

Table 4 Chronic Disease Prevention Activities in Ghana and Cameroon

	Ghana	Cameroon
Structural
Policy	++	+++
Fiscal	-	-
Industry and Business	-	-
International collaboration	+	+++
Community
Mass media	++	+
Voluntary/advocacy organisations	+++	+
Institutions (school, workplace, churches)	++	+
Primary healthcare	+	++
Individual
Lifestyle	+	+
Pharmacological interventions	+	++

Key: +++ (ideal, compared to existing good practices); ++ (satisfactory); + (poor); - (strategy not available)

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