Improving the screening and treatment of hypertension in people living with HIV: An evidence-based policy brief by Malawi's Knowledge Translation Platform

Collins Mitambo^{1

2}, Shiraz Khan³, Beatrice L Matanje-Mwagomba⁴, Chiyembekezo Kachimanga⁵, Emily Wroe^{5

6

7}, Dalitso Segula⁸, Alemayehu Amberbir^{9

10}, Daniela Garone¹⁰, Peter Ra Malik^{10

11}, Austrida Gondwe¹⁰, Josh Berman¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Directorate of Research, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi.
² Public Health Institute of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
³ UNC Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
⁴ Directorate of Clinical Services, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi.
⁵ Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo, Neno, Malawi.
⁶ Partners in Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁸ Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi.
⁹ Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU), Lilongwe, Malawi.
¹⁰ Dignitas International, Zomba, Malawi.
¹¹ Faculty of Health Sciences and McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Collins Mitambo et al. Malawi Med J. 2017 Jun.

. 2017 Jun;29(2):224-228.

doi: 10.4314/mmj.v29i2.27.

¹ Directorate of Research, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi.
² Public Health Institute of Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
³ UNC Project-Malawi, Lilongwe, Malawi.
⁴ Directorate of Clinical Services, Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi.
⁵ Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo, Neno, Malawi.
⁶ Partners in Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁸ Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Blantyre, Malawi.
⁹ Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU), Lilongwe, Malawi.
¹⁰ Dignitas International, Zomba, Malawi.
¹¹ Faculty of Health Sciences and McMaster Health Forum, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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