Evaluation of a community-based hypertension improvement program (ComHIP) in Ghana: data from a baseline survey

• Main Authors: Peter Lamptey (Author), Amos Laar (Author), Alma J. Adler (Author), Rebecca Dirks (Author), Aya Caldwell (Author), David Prieto-Merino (Author), Ann Aerts (Author), Neil Pearce (Author), Pablo Perel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ghana faces an increasing burden of non-communicable disease with rates of hypertension estimated as high as 36% in adults. Despite these high rates, hypertension control remains very poor in Ghana (4%). The current project aims to implement and evaluate a community-based program...