TY - JOUR AU - Aantjes, Carolien J. AU - Quinlan, Tim KC AU - Bunders, Joske FG PY - 2014 DA - 2014/07/08 TI - Practicalities and challenges in re-orienting the health system in Zambia for treating chronic conditions JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 295 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - The rapid evolution in disease burdens in low- and middle income countries is forcing policy makers to re-orient their health system towards a system which has the capability to simultaneously address infectious and non-communicable diseases. This paper draws on two different but overlapping studies which examined how actors in the Zambian health system are re-directing their policies, strategies and service structures to include the provision of health care for people with chronic conditions. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-295 DO - 10.1186/1472-6963-14-295 ID - Aantjes2014 ER -