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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Roadmap to Achieve 25% Hypertension Control in Africa by 2025
Global Heart, Volume 13, No. 1, Year 2018
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Background: The Pan-African Society of Cardiology (PASCAR) has identified hypertension as the highest area of priority action to reduce heart disease and stroke on the continent. Objectives: The aim of this PASCAR roadmap on hypertension was to develop practical guidance on how to implement strategies that translate existing knowledge into effective action and improve detection, treatment and control of hypertension and cardiovascular health in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) by the year 2025. Methods: Development of this roadmap started with the creation of a consortium of experts with leadership skills in hypertension. In 2014, experts in different fields, including physicians and nonphysicians, were invited to join. Via face-to-face meetings and teleconferences, the consortium made a situation analysis, set a goal, identified roadblocks and solutions to the management of hypertension and customized the World Heart Federation roadmap to Africa. Results: Hypertension is a major crisis on the continent but very few randomized controlled trials have been conducted on its management. Also, only 25.8% of the countries have developed or adopted guidelines for management of hypertension. Other major roadblocks are either government and health-system related or health care professional or patient related. The PASCAR hypertension task force identified a 10-point action plan to be implemented by African ministries of health to achieve 25% control of hypertension in Africa by 2025. Conclusions: Hypertension affects millions of people in SSA and if left untreated, is a major cause of heart disease and stroke. Very few SSA countries have a clear hypertension policy. This PASCAR roadmap identifies practical and effective solutions that would improve detection, treatment and control of hypertension on the continent and could be implemented as is or adapted to specific national settings. © 2017
Authors & Co-Authors
Dzudie, Anastase Innocent
Cameroon, Yaounde
Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Rayner, Brian L.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Ojji, Dike Brevis
Nigeria, Abuja
University of Abuja
Schutte, Aletta E.
South Africa, Potchefstroom
North-west University
Twagirumukiza, Marc
Rwanda, Butare
University of Rwanda
Belgium, Ghent
Universiteit Gent
Damasceno, A. Antonio Moura
Mozambique, Maputo
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Ba, Seringe Abdou
Senegal, Dakar
Le Dantec University Teaching Hospital
Kane, Abdoul
Unknown Affiliation
Kramoh, Euloge Kouadio
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Institut de Cardiologie D'abidjan
Anzouan-Kacou, Jean Baptiste
Cote D'ivoire, Abidjan
Institut de Cardiologie D'abidjan
Onwubere, Basden J.C.
Nigeria, Naukka
University of Nigeria
Cornick, Ruth Vania
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Sliwa, Karen S.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Anisiuba, Benedict Chukwuemeka
Nigeria, Naukka
University of Nigeria
Mocumbi, Ana Olga H.
Mozambique, Maputo
National Health Institute
Mozambique, Maputo
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Ogola, Elijah N.
Kenya, Nairobi
University of Nairobi
Awad, Mohamed A.
Sudan, Khartoum
Khartoum University
Nel, George
South Africa, Cape Town
Pan-african Society of Cardiology
Otieno, Harun Argwings
Kenya, Nairobi
Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi
Touré, Ali Ibrahim
Sudan, Khartoum
Khartoum University
Kingue, Samuel
Cameroon, Yaounde
Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Kengne, Andre-Pascal Pascal
South Africa, Tygerberg
South African Medical Research Council
Perel, Pablo A.
Switzerland, Geneva
World Heart Federation
United Kingdom, London
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Adler, Alma J.
Switzerland, Geneva
World Heart Federation
United Kingdom, London
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Poulter, Neil R.
United Kingdom, London
Imperial College London
Mayosi, Bongani M.
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Statistics
Citations: 54
Authors: 26
Affiliations: 19
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.gheart.2017.06.001
ISSN:
22118160
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Noncommunicable Diseases