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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 Dzudie  3 , Akinkunmi Paul Okekunle  4   5 , Reginald Obiako  6 , Ana Mocumbi  7 , Hind Beheiry  8 , Gianfranco Parati  9   10 , Daniel T Lackland  11 , Fred S Sarfo  12 , Augustine Odili  13 , Abiodun M Adeoye  14 , Kolawole Wahab  15 , Charles Agyemang  16 , Norman Campbell  17 , Andre Pascal Kengne  18 , Paul K Whelton  19 , Pierpaolo Pellicori  20 , Ad Adams Ebenezer  21 , Oladimeji Adebayo  22 , Oladotun Olalusi  23 , Ayodele Jegede  24 , Ezinne Uvere  25 , Olayinka Adebajo  26 , Baffour Awuah  27 , Andrew Moran  28 , Bryan Williams  29 , Tomasz J Guzik  30   31   32 , Collins Kokuro  12 , Fred Bukachi  30   33 , Okechukwu S Ogah  34 , Christian Delles  35 , Pasquale Maffia  30   31   36 , Rufus Akinyemi  23   37 , Prebo Barango  38 , Dike Ojji  13   39 , Mayowa Owolabi  40   41   42   43   44
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ACHIEVE conference proceedings: implementing action plans to reduce and control hypertension burden in Africa

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

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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