National Survey of Noncommunicable Diseases in Seychelles 2013-2014 (Seychelles Heart Study IV): Main Findings
National Survey of Noncommunicable Diseases in Seychelles 2013-2014 (Seychelles Heart Study IV): main findings This report focuses on selected main findings from the 2013 National NCD Survey and these findings are compared, whenever possible, with results from previous national NCD surveys in 1989, 1994 and 2004. A technical report entitled “National Survey of Noncommunicable Diseases in Seychelles 2013-2014 (Seychelles Heart Study IV): Methods and Overall Findings” was produced in October 2014 and presented methods and crude results for all variables assessed in the survey. These findings were discussed in two half-day meetings in the presence of Minister of Health, officials and key persons of MOH on 31 October & 4 November 2014. Detailed analysis on specific issues and related recommendations will be addressed in separate reports. Public Health Authority 23 June 2015 (version 3.1) 1 National Survey of Noncommunicable Diseases in Seychelles 2013-2014 (Seychelles Heart Study IV): main findings Pascal Bovet, Bharathi Viswanathan, Meggy Louange & Jude Gedeon, on behalf of the Survey Team Unit of Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Diseases (UPCCD) Public Health Authority Ministry of Health Victoria Republic of Seychelles Survey team Pascal Bovet, MD, NCD consultant, Ministry of Health, Seychelles & associate professor, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Switzerland Bharathi Viswanathan, RN, program manager, UPCCD, MOH Barbara Fock Tave, RN, nursing officer, UPCCD, MOH Juddy Labiche, RN, senior staff
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