[HTML][HTML] Global epidemiology, health burden and effective interventions for elevated blood pressure and hypertension

B Zhou, P Perel, GA Mensah, M Ezzati - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2021 - nature.com
High blood pressure is one of the most important risk factors for ischaemic heart disease,
stroke, other cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney disease and dementia. Mean blood …

Hypertension in low-and middle-income countries

AE Schutte, N Srinivasapura Venkateshmurthy… - Circulation …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
In recent decades low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have been witnessing a
significant shift toward raised blood pressure; yet in LMICs, only 1 in 3 are aware of their …

Prevention of stroke: a global perspective

JD Pandian, SL Gall, MP Kate, GS Silva, RO Akinyemi… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Along with the rising global burden of disability attributed to stroke, costs of stroke care are
rising, providing the impetus to direct our research focus towards effective measures of …

Understanding the rise of cardiometabolic diseases in low-and middle-income countries

JJ Miranda, T Barrientos-Gutierrez, C Corvalan… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Increases in the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), particularly
cardiometabolic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes, and their …

Virtual management of hypertension: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic–International Society of Hypertension position paper endorsed by the World Hypertension …

NA Khan, GS Stergiou, S Omboni, K Kario… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic caused an unprecedented shift from in person
care to delivering healthcare remotely. To limit infectious spread, patients and providers …

Longitudinal evidence on treatment discontinuation, adherence, and loss of hypertension control in four middle-income countries

N Mauer, P Geldsetzer, J Manne-Goehler… - Science Translational …, 2022 - science.org
Managing hypertension is a highly dynamic process, yet current evidence on hypertension
control in middle-income countries (MICs) is largely based on cross-sectional data. Using …

Fixed dose drug combinations–are they pharmacoeconomically sound? Findings and implications especially for lower-and middle-income countries

B Godman, H McCabe, TD Leong… - Expert review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction There are positive aspects regarding the prescribing of fixed dose combinations
(FDCs) versus prescribing the medicines separately. However, these have to be balanced …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of the mobile “blood pressure management application” on hypertension self-management enhancement: a randomized controlled trial

A Bozorgi, H Hosseini, H Eftekhar, R Majdzadeh… - Trials, 2021 - Springer
Background Self-management of hypertension is of great significance given its increasing
incidence and its associated disabilities. In view of the increased use of mobile health in …

Community health workers improve linkage to hypertension care in Western Kenya

R Vedanthan, JH Kamano, AK DeLong… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - jacc.org
Background: Elevated blood pressure (BP) is the leading global risk factor for mortality.
Delay in seeking hypertension care is associated with increased mortality. Objectives: This …

[HTML][HTML] Implementation research on noncommunicable disease prevention and control interventions in low-and middle-income countries: A systematic review

C Hategeka, P Adu, A Desloge, R Marten, R Shao… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background While the evidence for the clinical effectiveness of most noncommunicable
disease (NCD) prevention and treatment interventions is well established, care delivery …