National health and budget impact of implementing the WHO HEARTS hypertension control program in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Anirudh Pidugu (Author), Sarah Pickersgill (Author), David Watkins (Author), Jami Husain (Author), Deliana Kostova (Author), Margaret Farrell (Author), Mohammad Haider (Author), Shamim Jubayer (Author), Renesa Tarannum (Author), Mahfuzur Bhuiyan (Author), Andrew E. Moran, MD (Author), Sohel Choudhury, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: About a fifth of adults in Bangladesh have hypertension; only 13% of Bangladesh adults living with hypertension have their blood pressure controlled (<140/90 mmHg). To address the growing burden of hypertension in low-income and middle-income countries, the WHO recommends implementing...