Assessing the Readiness of Healthcare Facilities to Provide Non-Communicable Disease Services in Kenya

Abstract

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) pose a major global health challenge in the 21st century, undermining socio-economic development around the world [1]. In low-resource settings, NCDs drain household resources due to the associated high healthcare costs, and often lead to loss of economic productivity driving households and individuals into, poverty [2]. An estimated 41 million annual deaths are caused by NCDs worldwide, and nearly 80% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) [2].