Reasons for poor blood pressure control in eastern sub-Saharan Africa: looking into 4P's (primary care, professional, patient, and public health policy) for improving …

MM Sorato, M Davari, A Kebriaeezadeh… - BMC cardiovascular …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Aim Hypertension control in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the worst (less than one
out of ten) when compared to the rest of the world. Therefore, this scoping review was …

Factors associated with poor adherence to medication among hypertensive patients in twelve low and middle income Sub-Saharan countries

D Macquart de Terline, A Kane, KE Kramoh, I Ali Toure… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Over the past few decades, the prevalence of hypertension has dramatically
increased in Sub-Saharan Africa. Poor adherence has been identified as a major cause of …

Hypertension control in integrated HIV and chronic disease clinics in Uganda in the SEARCH study

D Kwarisiima, M Atukunda, A Owaraganise, G Chamie… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background There is an increasing burden of hypertension (HTN) across sub-Saharan
Africa where HIV prevalence is the highest in the world, but current care models are …

Hypertension care cascades and reducing inequities in cardiovascular disease in low-and middle-income countries

DT Stein, MB Reitsma, P Geldsetzer, K Agoudavi… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Improving hypertension control in low-and middle-income countries has uncertain
implications across socioeconomic groups. In this study, we simulated improvements in the …

Uncontrolled hypertension among hypertensive patients in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis

TM Aytenew, A Kassaw, A Simegn, G Nibret Mihretie… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Hypertension is a major global public health problem. It currently affects more
than 1.4 billion people worldwide, projected to increase to 1.6 billion by 2025. Despite …

Prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, obesity, multimorbidity, and related risk factors among adult Gambians: a cross-sectional nationwide study

M Jobe, I Mactaggart, S Bell, MJ Kim… - The Lancet Global …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background As countries progress through economic and demographic transition, chronic
non-communicable diseases (NCDs) overtake a previous burden of infectious diseases. We …

Determinants of uncontrolled hypertension in rural communities in South Asia—Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka

TH Jafar, M Gandhi, I Jehan, A Naheed… - American journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) is a leading risk factor for death and
disability in South Asia. We aimed to determine the cross-country variation, and the factors …

Integrated hypertension and HIV care cascades in an HIV treatment program in Eastern Uganda: a retrospective cohort study

M Muddu, AK Tusubira, SK Sharma… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Background: Persons living with HIV (PLHIV) are at increased risk of cardiovascular
disease. Integration of services for hypertension (HTN), the primary cardiovascular disease …

Women´ s experiences of preeclampsia as a condition of uncertainty: a qualitative study

T Hansson, ME Andersson, G Ahlström… - BMC Pregnancy and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Preeclampsia is a severe condition that annually affects about 3–8% of
pregnancies worldwide. Preeclampsia is thereby one of the most common pregnancy …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir (Paxlovid) on Hospitalization among Adults with COVID-19: an EHR-based Target Trial Emulation from N3C

A Bhatia, AJ Preiss, X Xiao, MD Brannock… - medRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study leverages electronic health record data in the National COVID Cohort
Collaborative's (N3C) repository to investigate disparities in Paxlovid treatment and to …