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Non-communicable disease (NCD) corners in public sector health facilities in Bangladesh: a qualitative study assessing challenges and opportunities for improving NCD services at the primary healthcare level.

Lal B RawalKie KandaTuhin BiswasMd Imtiaz TanimPrakash PoudelAndre M N RenzahoAbu S AbdullahSheikh Mohammed Shariful IslamSyed Masud Ahmed
Published in: BMJ open (2019)
The initiative taken by the Government of Bangladesh to set up the NCD corners at the primary healthcare level is appreciative. However, the NCD corners are still at nascent stage to provide prevention and management services for common NCDs. These findings need to be taken into consideration while expanding the NCD corners in other UHCs throughout the country.
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  • quality improvement
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