High Blood Pressure in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Urgent Imperative for Prevention and Control

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2015 Oct;17(10):751-5. doi: 10.1111/jch.12620. Epub 2015 Jul 30.

Authors

Justin B Echouffo-Tcheugui¹, Andre P Kengne^{2

3}, Sebhat Erqou⁴, Richard S Cooper⁵

Affiliations

¹ Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
² South African Medical Research Council and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
³ The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY.
⁵ Department of Public Health Sciences, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Africa South of the Sahara / epidemiology
Humans
Hypertension / epidemiology*
Hypertension / prevention & control*
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction Behavior
Socioeconomic Factors