Highlights a significant public health challenge in sub-Saharan Africa with high rates of undiagnosed and uncontrolled hypertension.
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Low awareness persists in sub-Saharan Africa; leaves open whether screening programs improve detection or outcomes.
The prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension are high, and differ by population group defined by occupation and degree of urbanization. Only half of the populations with hypertension are aware of their hypertension, indicating a high burden of undiagnosed and un-controlled high blood pressure in these populations.
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Guwatudde et al. (2015) studied this question.
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