Best practices in scaling digital health in low and middle income countries

AB Labrique, C Wadhwani, KA Williams… - Globalization and …, 2018 - Springer
Healthcare challenges in low and middle income countries (LMICs) have been the focus of
many digital initiatives that have aimed to improve both access to healthcare and the quality …

Prevalence, awareness and control of hypertension in Ghana: A systematic review and meta-analysis

WK Bosu, DK Bosu - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background Hypertension is a major health problem in Ghana, being a leading cause of
admissions and deaths in the country. In the context of a changing food and health policy …

Prevalence of hypertension in Ghanaian society: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and GRADE assessment

F Atibila, G Hoor, ET Donkoh, AI Wahab, G Kok - Systematic reviews, 2021 - Springer
Background Hypertension has become an important public health concern in the developing
world owing to rising prevalence and its adverse impact on ailing health systems. Despite …

Health system challenges to hypertension and related non-communicable diseases prevention and treatment: perspectives from Ghanaian stakeholders

AK Laar, AJ Adler, AM Kotoh, H Legido-Quigley… - BMC Health Services …, 2019 - Springer
Background Hypertension, itself a cardiovascular condition, is a significant risk factor for
other cardiovascular diseases. Hypertension is recognized as a major public health …

Health insurance coverage with or without a nurse-led task shifting strategy for hypertension control: A pragmatic cluster randomized trial in Ghana

G Ogedegbe, J Plange-Rhule, J Gyamfi… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Poor access to care and physician shortage are major barriers to hypertension
control in sub-Saharan Africa. Implementation of evidence-based systems-level strategies …

Medidas preventivas y manejo diagnóstico y terapéutico de la hipertensión arterial y las crisis hipertensivas

LB García, OA Centurión - Revista de salud publica del Paraguay, 2020 - scielo.iics.una.py
Introducción: La hipertensión arterial (HTA) es definida por algunos como una enfermedad,
aunque también se la considera como factor de riesgo cardiovascular. Hoy conocemos …

Undiagnosed hypertension and its determinants among hypertensive patients in rural districts of northwest Ethiopia: a mediation analysis

DF Teshome, SA Balcha, TA Ayele, A Atnafu… - BMC Health Services …, 2023 - Springer
Background Early detection of hypertension is associated with improved blood pressure
control and a reduced risk of cardiovascular diseases. However, in rural areas of Ethiopia …

Mapping evidence of mobile health technologies for disease diagnosis and treatment support by health workers in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review

E Osei, D Kuupiel, PN Vezi… - BMC Medical Informatics …, 2021 - Springer
Background The rapid growth of mobile technology has given rise to the development of
mobile health (mHealth) applications aimed at treating and preventing a wide range of …

Can a nurse-led community-based model of hypertension care improve hypertension control in Ghana? Results from the ComHIP cohort study

AJ Adler, A Laar, D Prieto-Merino, RMM Der… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of the Community-based Hypertension
Improvement Project (ComHIP) in increasing hypertension control. Setting Lower Manya …

Clinical features of COVID-19 in Ghana: symptomatology, illness severity and comorbid non-communicable diseases

AE Yawson, E Oduro-Mensah, J Tetteh, I Adomako… - Ghana Medical …, 2020 - ajol.info
Objective: This analysis described the clinical features of COVID-19 in the early phase of the
pandemic in Ghana. Methods: Data were extracted from two national COVID-19 treatment …