Patients experiences of self-management and strategies for dealing with chronic conditions in rural Malawi

Vibian Angwenyi; Carolien Aantjes; Murphy Kajumi; Jeroen De Man; Bart Criel; Joske Bunders-Aelen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199977

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Patients experiences of self-management and strategies for dealing with chronic conditions in rural Malawi

Vibian Angwenyi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: v.angwenyi@vu.nl

Affiliations Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Unit of Equity and Health, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7554-6265

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Carolien Aantjes,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Murphy Kajumi,

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Economics and HIV/AIDS Research Division (HEARD), University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
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Jeroen De Man,

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Equity and Health, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Bart Criel,

Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Unit of Equity and Health, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
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Joske Bunders-Aelen

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Athena Institute for Research on Innovation and Communication in Health and Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Patients experiences of self-management and strategies for dealing with chronic conditions in rural Malawi

Vibian Angwenyi,
Carolien Aantjes,
Murphy Kajumi,
Jeroen De Man,
Bart Criel,
Joske Bunders-Aelen

Published: July 2, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199977

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