WHOPEN im Vergleich zu AkomaCare Nutzung und Statistiken

The WHOPEN Application is developed as a tool facilitate the implementation of essential Non communicable diseases (NCD) interventions for primary health care. This is intended to be used by a health provider and not by individuals. It contains materials from the WHO package of essential noncommunicable (PEN) disease interventions for primary health care. Geneva, World Health Organization; 2020. The WHOPEN App brings together the guidelines and protocols that are adaptable to local settings and able to empower primary care physicians, as well as allied health workers, to contribute to NCD management. WHOPEN App includes a CVD risk calculator through which the user will be able to predict the 10-year risk of a fatal or nonfatal major cardiovascular event (myocardial infarction or stroke). WHOPEN is not meant to be exhaustive or prescriptive, but rather to be an important first step for integration of NCD management into primary health care. Tools for adapting the package to primary health care and capacity building materials such as slides, and posters are also included.

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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a growing public health problem in Ghana and other African countries. Strokes and other CVDs have become a leading cause of death due to increasing risk factors such as hypertension. According to the Global Burden of Disease study (GBD), ischaemic heart disease was the fourth leading cause of death in Ghana in 2016. The prevalence of hyper- tension, a major risk factor for CVDs, is increasing rapidly and ranges from 19% to 48%, according to the Ghana Health Service Annual Report, 2017, due to rising life expectancy and the increasing prevalence of contributing factors such as overweight/obesity. Early diagnosis and adequate management of the risk factors can reduce the fatal consequences of CVDs. At the heart of improving risk assessment and management of CVDs are nationally approved guidelines, which facilitate standardisation of care approaches. These guidelines developed by experts from all levels of health care and stakeholders together capture all recommended approaches and necessary information for clinicians and other healthcare workers on CVDs. They also serve as a practical guide for assessing and managing the most important CVDs prevalent in Ghana and can be used at all the levels of care namely health facilities without a doctor; with a general practitioner and with a physician specialist. We hope that these guidelines will prove to be a useful and a beneficial tool for all its users.