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Evaluation of a community-based hypertension improvement program (ComHIP) in Ghana: data from a baseline survey.
BMC public health - 28 Apr 2017
Lamptey Peter, Laar Amos, Adler Alma J, Dirks Rebecca, Caldwell Aya, Prieto-Merino David, Aerts Ann, Pearce Neil, Perel Pablo
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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 programme to raise awareness, and to improve treatment and control of hypertension in the Eastern Region of Ghana. In this paper,...
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