HypertensionResearch article

Lessons Learned From Treating 34 Million People With Hypertension

J Am Coll CardiolPublished

  • Descriptive programme report (lessons learned from a multi-country hypertension control collaboration)
  • ongoing

Resolve to Save Lives collaborated with national governments since 2017

Study context

Population
People with hypertension treated in HEARTS-based hypertension control programmes, >220,000 primary care facilities in 38 countries
Participants
approximately 34 million people · 38 countries

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Scale of HEARTS-based hypertension treatment programs · By December 2024

People started on hypertension treatment

approximately 34 million

Primary care facilities

>220,000

Countries

38

Treatment cost per patient per year

<U.S.$5

Original publication

Lessons Learned From Treating 34 Million People With Hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol. Published 9 December 2025. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2025.09.324

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it