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Review
. 2021 Dec;35(12):1059-1062.
doi: 10.1038/s41371-021-00583-8. Epub 2021 Jul 30.

Blood from a stone: funding hypertension prevention, treatment, and care in low- and middle-income countries

Jennifer Cohn  1   2 , Deliana Kostova  3 , Andrew E Moran  4   5 , Laura K Cobb  4 , Anupam Khungar Pathni  6 , Dawit Bisrat  7
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Review

Blood from a stone: funding hypertension prevention, treatment, and care in low- and middle-income countries

Jennifer Cohn et al. J Hum Hypertens. 2021 Dec.
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The authors declare no competing interests.

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Areas for realizing efficiencies in hypertension programming: Key areas for cost efficiencies and cost savings in cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment, focusing on medications and devices, quality improvement, and care delivery models.
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