Why the study?
What are the prevalence and awareness rates of hypertension in Africa?
What are the prevalence and awareness rates of hypertension in Africa?
The increasing prevalence and low awareness of hypertension in Africa highlight an urgent need for policy interventions to improve disease management.
Urgent screening and awareness programs needed across Africa; extends evidence quantifying the rising burden to guide policy and trials.
Our findings suggest the prevalence of hypertension is increasing in Africa, and many hypertensive individuals are not aware of their condition. We hope this research will prompt appropriate policy response towards improving the awareness, control and overall management of hypertension in Africa.
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Adeloye et al. (2014) studied this question.
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