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Effect of Nurse-Based Management of Hypertension in Rural Western Kenya

Background: Elevated blood pressure is the leading cause of death worldwide; however, treatment and control rates remain very low. An expanding literature supports the strategy of task redistribution of hypertension care to nurses. Objective: We aimed to evaluate the effect of a nurse-based hyperten...

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Main Authors:	Rajesh Vedanthan (Author), Anirudh Kumar (Author), Jemima H. Kamano (Author), Helena Chang (Author), Samantha Raymond (Author), Kenneth Too (Author), Deborah Tulienge (Author), Charity Wambui (Author), Emilia Bagiella (Author), Valentin Fuster (Author), Sylvester Kimaiyo (Author)
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Published:	Ubiquity Press, 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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