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ReviewThe Pan African medical journal2013

Status report on hypertension in Africa--consultative review for the 6th Session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Health on NCD's.

Steven van de Vijver, Hilda Akinyi, Samuel Oti, Ademola Olajide, Charles Agyemang, Isabella Aboderin, Catherine Kyobutungi

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Review in The Pan African medical journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05002322 (Scaling Out and Scaling Up the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to Optimize the Hypertension Diagnosis and Care Cascade for HIV-infected Individuals), which is not on this map. Cited by 109 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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109citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
11.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05002322 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Scaling Out and Scaling Up the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to Optimize the Hypertension Diagnosis and Care Cascade for HIV-infected Individuals

TypeinterventionalSponsorEduardo Mondlane UniversityRan2023 to 2025Enrolled18ConditionsHypertensionArmsSystems Analysis and Improvement Approach
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

109 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 176 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Steven van de VijverAPHRC, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya ; AIGHD, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, The Netherlands.
Hilda AkinyiAPHRC, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
Samuel OtiAPHRC, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya ; AIGHD, Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development, The Netherlands.
Ademola OlajideDepartment of Health, Nutrition and Population, African Union Commission, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Charles AgyemangDepartment of Public Health, Academic Medical Center, the Netherlands.
Isabella AboderinAPHRC, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
Catherine KyobutungiAPHRC, African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya.
African Population and Health Research Center · KEAfrican Union Commission · ETAmsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypertension has always been regarded as a disease of affluence but this has changed drastically in the last two decades with average blood pressures now higher in Africa than in Europe and USA and the prevalence increasing among poor sections of society. We have conducted a literature search on PubMed on a broad range of topics regarding hypertension in Africa, including data collection from related documents from World Health Organization and other relevant organizations that are available in this field. We have shared the initial results and drafts with international specialists in the context of hypertension in Africa and incorporated their feedback. Hypertension is the number one risk factor for CVD in Africa. Consequently, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has taken over as number one cause of death in Africa and the total numbers will further increase in the next decades reflecting on the growing urbanization and related lifestyle changes. The new epidemic of hypertension and CVD is not only an important public health problem, but it will also have a big economic impact as a significant proportion of the productive population becomes chronically ill or die, leaving their families in poverty. It is essential to develop and share best practices for affordable and effective community-based programs in screening and treatment of hypertension. In order to prevent and control hypertension in the population, Africa needs policies developed and implemented through a multi-sectoral approach involving the Ministries of Health and other sectors including education, agriculture, transport, finance among others.

Indexed as

AfricaCongresses as TopicHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansHypertensionPopulation DynamicsPovertyPrevalenceRisk FactorsUrbanizationAfricacardiovascular diseasescontrolHypertensionrisk factortreatment

Identifiers

PMID24570798
PMCPMC3932118
OpenAlexW2159703882

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