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Ghana faces an increasing burden of non-communicable disease. The article concludes that the low hypertension treatment and control rates may suggest that such programs are not necessarily impactful on the health of the population.

The overall aim of the leprosy post-exposure prophylaxis (LPEP) program was to evaluate the feasibility and efficiency of contact tracing and the provision of preventative treatment for leprosy under routine conditions in eight countries.

The Novartis Foundation and partners are working to transform health systems from being reactive, to proactive, predictive and preventative.