Priorities to reduce the burden of hypertension in Africa through ACHIEVE

Paul Olowoyo¹, Prebo Barango², Andrew Moran³, Bryan Williams⁴, Paul K Whelton⁵, Mayowa Owolabi⁶; ACHIEVE

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¹ Department of Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Nigeria; Department of Medicine, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
² WHO African Regional Office, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
³ Resolve to Save Lives, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University College London, London, UK; International Society of Hypertension, Eastbourne, UK.
⁵ Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA; World Hypertension League, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁶ World Hypertension League, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Centre for Genomics and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200212, Nigeria; Lebanese American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria; Blossom Specialist Medical Center, Ibadan, Nigeria. Electronic address: mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.

PMID: 38245107
PMCID: PMC11874929
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00540-5

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Priorities to reduce the burden of hypertension in Africa through ACHIEVE

Paul Olowoyo et al. Lancet Glob Health. 2024 Feb.

. 2024 Feb;12(2):e192-e193.

doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00540-5.

Authors

Paul Olowoyo¹, Prebo Barango², Andrew Moran³, Bryan Williams⁴, Paul K Whelton⁵, Mayowa Owolabi⁶; ACHIEVE

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Nigeria; Department of Medicine, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
² WHO African Regional Office, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
³ Resolve to Save Lives, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Medicine, University College London, London, UK; International Society of Hypertension, Eastbourne, UK.
⁵ Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA; World Hypertension League, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
⁶ World Hypertension League, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China; Centre for Genomics and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan 200212, Nigeria; Lebanese American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon; Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria; Blossom Specialist Medical Center, Ibadan, Nigeria. Electronic address: mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.

PMID: 38245107
PMCID: PMC11874929
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(23)00540-5

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Correction to Lancet Glob Health 2024; 12: e192-93.
[No authors listed] [No authors listed] Lancet Glob Health. 2024 May;12(5):e743. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(24)00140-2. Lancet Glob Health. 2024. PMID: 38614627 No abstract available.

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Comment on

African Control of Hypertension through Innovative Epidemiology and a Vibrant Ecosystem (ACHIEVE): novel strategies for accelerating hypertension control in Africa.
Owolabi M, Olowoyo P, Mocumbi A, Ogah OS, Odili A, Wahab K, Ojji D, Adeoye AM, Akinyemi R, Akpalu A, Obiako R, Sarfo FS, Bavuma C, Beheiry HM, Ibrahim M, El Aroussy W, Parati G, Dzudie A, Singh S, Akpa O, Kengne AP, Okekunle AP, de Graft Aikins A, Agyemang C, Ogedegbe G, Ovbiagele B, Garg R, Campbell NRC, Lackland DT, Barango P, Slama S, Varghese CV, Whelton PK, Zhang XH. Owolabi M, et al. J Hum Hypertens. 2025 Feb;39(2):86-94. doi: 10.1038/s41371-023-00828-8. Epub 2023 Apr 19. J Hum Hypertens. 2025. PMID: 37076570 Review.

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