Review

. 2024 Mar;38(3):193-199.

doi: 10.1038/s41371-024-00903-8. Epub 2024 Feb 29.

ACHIEVE conference proceedings: implementing action plans to reduce and control hypertension burden in Africa

Paul Olowoyo^{1

2}, Anastase Dzudie³, Akinkunmi Paul Okekunle^{4

5}, Reginald Obiako⁶, Ana Mocumbi⁷, Hind Beheiry⁸, Gianfranco Parati^{9

10}, Daniel T Lackland¹¹, Fred S Sarfo¹², Augustine Odili¹³, Abiodun M Adeoye¹⁴, Kolawole Wahab¹⁵, Charles Agyemang¹⁶, Norman Campbell¹⁷, Andre Pascal Kengne¹⁸, Paul K Whelton¹⁹, Pierpaolo Pellicori²⁰, Ad Adams Ebenezer²¹, Oladimeji Adebayo²², Oladotun Olalusi²³, Ayodele Jegede²⁴, Ezinne Uvere²⁵, Olayinka Adebajo²⁶, Baffour Awuah²⁷, Andrew Moran²⁸, Bryan Williams²⁹, Tomasz J Guzik^{30

31

32}, Collins Kokuro¹², Fred Bukachi^{30

33}, Okechukwu S Ogah³⁴, Christian Delles³⁵, Pasquale Maffia^{30

31

36}, Rufus Akinyemi^{23

37}, Prebo Barango³⁸, Dike Ojji^{13

39}, Mayowa Owolabi^{40

41

42

43

44}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Nigeria.
² Department of Medicine, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
³ Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon.
⁴ College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria.
⁵ Seoul National University, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Zaria, Nigeria.
⁷ Departamento de Medicina, Universidade, Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique.
⁸ Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, International University of Africa (IUA), Khartoum, Sudan.
⁹ Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, San Luca Hospital, Milan, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Univeristy of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
¹¹ Division of Translational Neurosciences and Population Studies, Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
¹² Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
¹³ Department of Medicine, University of Abuja, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria.
¹⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
¹⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
¹⁶ Department of Public & Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
¹⁷ Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Pharmacology and Community Health Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁸ South African Medical Research Council, Francie Van Zijl Dr, Parow Valley, Cape Town, 7501, South Africa.
¹⁹ Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
²⁰ School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
²¹ Stroke Association Support Network, Accra, Ghana.
²² Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
²³ Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
²⁴ Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
²⁵ Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
²⁶ College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
²⁷ Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana.
²⁸ Resolve to Save Lives, New York, NY, USA.
²⁹ University College London, London, UK.
³⁰ Co-Lead, Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Non-Communicable Diseases & Multimorbidity, African Research Universities Alliance ARUA & The Guild, Arua, Uganda.
³¹ Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³² Department of Internal and Agricultural Medicine and Omicron Medical Genomics Laboratory, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland.
³³ Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
³⁴ Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan/ University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
³⁵ Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
³⁶ School of Infection & Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
³⁷ Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
³⁸ WHO African Regional Office, DRC, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
³⁹ Department of Medicine, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁴⁰ Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.
⁴¹ Co-Lead, Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Non-Communicable Diseases & Multimorbidity, African Research Universities Alliance ARUA & The Guild, Arua, Uganda. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.
⁴² Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.
⁴³ Lebanese American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.
⁴⁴ Blossom Specialist Medical Center, Ibadan, Nigeria. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.

PMID: 38424209
DOI: 10.1038/s41371-024-00903-8

Review

ACHIEVE conference proceedings: implementing action plans to reduce and control hypertension burden in Africa

Paul Olowoyo et al. J Hum Hypertens. 2024 Mar.

. 2024 Mar;38(3):193-199.

doi: 10.1038/s41371-024-00903-8. Epub 2024 Feb 29.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, Nigeria.
² Department of Medicine, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
³ Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon.
⁴ College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, 200284, Ibadan, Nigeria.
⁵ Seoul National University, 08826, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital Zaria, Zaria, Nigeria.
⁷ Departamento de Medicina, Universidade, Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique.
⁸ Physiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, International University of Africa (IUA), Khartoum, Sudan.
⁹ Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, San Luca Hospital, Milan, Italy.
¹⁰ Department of Medicine and Surgery, Univeristy of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
¹¹ Division of Translational Neurosciences and Population Studies, Department of Neurology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
¹² Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
¹³ Department of Medicine, University of Abuja, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria.
¹⁴ Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
¹⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
¹⁶ Department of Public & Occupational Health, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
¹⁷ Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Pharmacology and Community Health Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁸ South African Medical Research Council, Francie Van Zijl Dr, Parow Valley, Cape Town, 7501, South Africa.
¹⁹ Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.
²⁰ School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
²¹ Stroke Association Support Network, Accra, Ghana.
²² Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
²³ Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
²⁴ Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
²⁵ Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
²⁶ College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
²⁷ Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana.
²⁸ Resolve to Save Lives, New York, NY, USA.
²⁹ University College London, London, UK.
³⁰ Co-Lead, Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Non-Communicable Diseases & Multimorbidity, African Research Universities Alliance ARUA & The Guild, Arua, Uganda.
³¹ Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, Queens Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
³² Department of Internal and Agricultural Medicine and Omicron Medical Genomics Laboratory, Jagiellonian University Collegium Medicum, Krakow, Poland.
³³ Department of Medical Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
³⁴ Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Ibadan/ University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
³⁵ Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
³⁶ School of Infection & Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
³⁷ Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
³⁸ WHO African Regional Office, DRC, Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
³⁹ Department of Medicine, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria.
⁴⁰ Department of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.
⁴¹ Co-Lead, Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence (CoRE) in Non-Communicable Diseases & Multimorbidity, African Research Universities Alliance ARUA & The Guild, Arua, Uganda. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.
⁴² Center for Genomic and Precision Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, University College Hospital Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.
⁴³ Lebanese American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.
⁴⁴ Blossom Specialist Medical Center, Ibadan, Nigeria. mayowaowolabi@yahoo.com.

PMID: 38424209
DOI: 10.1038/s41371-024-00903-8

Abstract

The prevalence of hypertension, the commonest risk factor for preventable disability and premature deaths, is rapidly increasing in Africa. The African Control of Hypertension through Innovative Epidemiology, and a Vibrant Ecosystem [ACHIEVE] conference was convened to discuss and initiate the co-implementation of the strategic solutions to tame this burden toward achieving a target of 80% for awareness, treatment, and control by the year 2030. Experts, including the academia, policymakers, patients, the WHO, and representatives of various hypertension and cardiology societies generated a 12-item communique for implementation by the stakeholders of the ACHIEVE ecosystem at the continental, national, sub-national, and local (primary) healthcare levels.

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