Health system challenges to hypertension and related non-communicable diseases prevention and treatment: perspectives from Ghanaian stakeholders

• Main Authors: Amos K. Laar (Author), Alma J. Adler (Author), Agnes M. Kotoh (Author), Helena Legido-Quigley (Author), Isabelle L. Lange (Author), Pablo Perel (Author), Peter Lamptey (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hypertension, itself a cardiovascular condition, is a significant risk factor for other cardiovascular diseases. Hypertension is recognized as a major public health challenge in Ghana. Beginning in 2014, a collaborative team launched the community-based hypertension improvement p...