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High Blood Pressure Is the World’s Biggest Killer. Now There’s a Plan to Tackle It
Sep 20, 2023
The podcast discusses the global issue of high blood pressure, its increasing prevalence in low and middle-income countries, and the World Health Organization's plan to address it. It highlights the need for standard care, government priorities, uniform protocols, outreach workers, data systems, financial benefits, and post-COVID implications. It emphasizes the urgency to address hypertension and other neglected non-infectious diseases.
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- The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled a plan to tackle hypertension, the world's biggest killer, which includes establishing uniform protocols for diagnosis and treatment and creating data systems to track patients and treatments.
- Fixing diets, ensuring access to affordable medications, and building effective healthcare and information systems are crucial in combating hypertension and preventing premature deaths and economic losses.
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The World Health Organization's plan to combat hypertension
The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled its first plan to tackle hypertension, the world's biggest killer. Hypertension, which affects one in every three adults globally, is no longer considered a disease of rich nations, as three-fourths of people with hypertension reside in low and middle-income countries. The WHO emphasizes that 76 million lives could be saved between now and 2050 if adequate treatment and control measures were implemented globally. The plan calls for governments to prioritize hypertension control, establish uniform protocols for diagnosis and treatment, provide affordable medications, and create data systems to track patients and treatments.
