Implementation of Global Hearts Hypertension Control Programs in 32 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: JACC International
Authors' conclusion
The Global Hearts experience of implementing WHO HEARTS demonstrates the feasibility of controlling hypertension in low- and middle-income country primary care settings.
Study context
- Population
- Hypertension patients treated in primary care facilities of World Health Organization (WHO) HEARTS programmes in 32 low- and middle-income countries165,000 primary care facilities
- Participants
- 12.2 million patients
- Outcome
- Hypertension control
- Follow-up
- By 2022
Methodological details32 low- and middle-income countries, facility-based performance indicators
- 32 low- and middle-income countries
- Facility-based performance indicators
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Hypertension control
38%
Hypertension control, median (range 5%-86%)
48%
Further findings
Facility-based hypertension control, 4 HEARTS countries with the same digital health information system · 48 months
- Baseline
- 18%
- At 48 months
- 46%
Estimated population-based hypertension control (of all hypertension patients)
- Median (range 2.0%-34.7%)
- 11.0%
Original publication
Implementation of Global Hearts Hypertension Control Programs in 32 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: JACC International. J Am Coll Cardiol. Published 19 September 2023. doi:10.
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it