Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: A review of co-morbidity between infectious and chronic disease in Sub Saharan Africa: TB and Diabetes Mellitus, HIV and Metabolic Syndrome, and the impact of globalization | Globalization and Health BioMed Central Open Access Review A review of co-morbidity between infectious and chronic disease in Sub Saharan Africa TB and Diabetes Mellitus HIV and Metabolic Syndrome and the impact of globalization Fiona Young Julia A Critchley Lucy K Johnstone and Nigel C Unwin Address Institute of Health and Society 4th Floor William Leech Building Medical School University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH UK Email Fiona Young - Julia A Critchley - Lucy K Johnstone - Nigel C Unwin - Corresponding author Published 14 September 2009 Received 18 March 2009 r n Accepted 14 September 2009 Globalization and Health 2009 5 9 doi l744-8603-5-9 This article is available from http content 5 1 9 2009 Young et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Africa is facing a rapidly growing chronic non-communicable disease burden whilst at the same time experiencing continual high rates of infectious disease. It is well known that some infections increase the risk of certain chronic diseases and the converse. With an increasing dual burden of disease in Sub Saharan Africa the associations between diseases and our understanding of them will become of increased public health importance. Aims In this review we explore the relationships reported between tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus human immunodeficiency virus its treatment and metabolic risk. We aimed to address the important issues surrounding these associations within a Sub Saharan African setting and to describe the impact of globalization upon them. Findings Diabetes has been associated with a .
