Preparedness of health facilities in managing hypertension & diabetes mellitus in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania: a cross sectional study

• Main Authors: Juma Adinan (Author), Rachel Manongi (Author), Gloria August Temu (Author), Ntuli Kapologwe (Author), Annette Marandu (Author), Bahati Wajanga (Author), Haruna Dika (Author), Sarah Maongezi (Author), Sweetness Laizer (Author), Ridhiwani Manyuti (Author), Rehema Abdillahi Nassir (Author), Jenny Renju (Author), Jim Todd (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hypertension and Diabetes mellitus are risk factors for cardiovascular diseases that cause 17 million deaths globally. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if hypertensive and diabetic patients had their blood pressure and glucose controlled. Less than 30% of hypertensi...