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Low potassium and high sodium intakes: A double health threat to Cape Verdeans

Background Cape Verde presents a high rate of cardiovascular diseases. Low potassium and high sodium intakes are related to cardiovascular diseases. However, studies regarding these two micronutrients continue to be rare in African urban settings. This work aims to estimate potassium and sodium intakes and to analyse the self-reported salt intake by gender and by […]
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Implementation of telemedicine in Cape Verde: Influencing factors

INTRODUCTION: Telemedicine is the provision of health services, where distance is a critical factor, using information and communication technologies. Cape Verde has bet on using this tool to increase access of the population of its islands to specialized care. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Qualitative study, covering the period between 2013 and 2014. It uses document analysis, […]
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Determinants, Health Problems, and Food Insecurity in Urban Areas of the Largest City in Cape Verde

Urbanization processes are intertwined with nutritional transition because there is easier access to food of low nutritional quality at reduced prices, changing dietary patterns and leading to an increase of non-communicable chronic diseases. This study aims to understand the perceptions for high blood pressure, obesity, and alcoholism, describing some interactions of these dimensions in the […]
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Urban Planning and Health Inequities: Looking in a Small-Scale in a City of Cape Verde

The lack of high-quality data to support evidence-based policies continues to be a concern in African cities, which present marked social, economic and cultural disparities that may differently impact the health of the groups living in different urban contexts. This study explores three urban units—formal, transition and informal—of the capital of Cape Verde, in terms of overweight/obesity, cardiometabolic risk, physical activity and other aspects related to the urban environment.
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Improving Access to Pediatric Cardiology in Cape Verde via a Collaborative International Telemedicine Service

This paper addresses the role of international telemedicine services in supporting the evacuation procedures from Cape Verde to Portugal, enabling better quality and cost reductions in the management of the global health system. The Cape Verde, as other African countries, health system lacks many medical specialists, like pediatric cardiologists, neurosurgery, etc.
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