P. Ankrah-Twumasi

Divergent Trends in Stroke and Ischemic Heart Disease Mortality and Disability in Western Sub-Saharan Africa Compared with Global Progress, 1990-2023

Background Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, yet progress in reducing its burden has not been shared equally across regions. Sub-Saharan Africa has previously been identified as the only world region where age-standardized cardiovascular mortality failed to decline, but long-term, dis...