The pandemic of coronary heart disease in the Middle East and North Africa: What clinicians need to know

Y Manla, W Almahmeed - Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of morbidity,
mortality, and disability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). While the prevention …

Evidence for an expanded hypertension care cascade in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review

MA Peters, CM Noonan, KD Rao, A Edward… - BMC health services …, 2022 - Springer
Background With nearly 90% of annual hypertension-related deaths occurring in low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs), there is an urgent need to measure the coverage of health …

Generalisability of and lessons learned from a mixed-methods study conducted in three low-and middle-income countries to identify care pathways for atrial fibrillation

TE Gooden, J Wang, A Carvalho Goulart… - Global Health …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Identifying existing care pathways is the first step for understanding how
services can be improved to enable early diagnosis and effective follow-up care for non …

Hypertension continuum of care: Blood pressure screening, diagnosis, treatment, and control in a population‐based cohort in Haiti

M Metz, JL Pierre, LD Yan, V Rouzier… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of death in low‐income countries
including Haiti, with hypertension (HTN) being the leading risk factor. This study aims to …

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in the United Arab Emirates: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AS Bhagavathula, SM Shah, EH Aburawi - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Evidence for the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of
hypertension in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is limited. A systematic review and meta …

The hypertension cascade of care in the midst of conflict: the case of the Gaza Strip

BA Abu Hamad, Z Jamaluddine, G Safadi… - Journal of Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Although hypertension constitutes a substantial burden in conflict-affected areas, little is
known about its prevalence, control, and management in Gaza. This study aims to estimate …

Hypertension treatment cascade among men and women of reproductive age group in India: analysis of National Family Health Survey-5 (2019–2021)

VR Guthi, DSS Kumar, S Kumar… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Only a proportion of adults with hypertension are diagnosed and receive
recommended prescriptions despite the availability of inexpensive and efficacious treatment …

Outpatient cardiovascular diseases and diabetes medicines dispensing in the population with government health insurance in Syria between 2018 and 2019: a …

S Aljadeeah, E Nagel, VJ Wirtz - BMC Health Services Research, 2021 - Springer
Background Low-and middle-income countries bear the highest burden of non-
communicable diseases (NCDs) mortality and morbidity. Syria has undergone an …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension and its predictors in Jordan: a cross-sectional study

H Alhawari, S AlShelleh, H Alhawari… - … Journal of General …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Materials and Methods We recruited healthy visitors accompanying patients at our Jordan
University Hospital Clinics ranging from 18 to 80 years of age. We measured each …

A machine learning approach to evaluate the state of hypertension care coverage: from 2016 STEPs survey in Iran

H Tavolinejad, S Roshani, N Rezaei, E Ghasemi… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Background The increasing burden of hypertension in low-to middle-income countries
necessitates the assessment of care coverage to monitor progress and guide future policies …