New Delhi [India], November 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India): A deadly silent epidemic, high blood pressure (BP) or hypertension affects 1 in 4 Indian adults yet only about 12% of them have it under control. Although easy to diagnose and treat, there are multiple barriers to achieving BP control. A recent study has revealed that multi-pronged SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Timely) strategies can work to overcome these challenges. Published in the prestigious Journal of Human Hypertension, this paper finds that India's hypertension initiative is implementing a highly impactful program. In recognition of its game-changing strategies, IHCI was recently awarded the 2022 UN Interagency Task Force and the WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Award at a UN General Assembly side event in New York. Every year more than 60 lakh people die due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in India. Tackling risk factors like uncontrolled hypertension is emerging as a top prior
An innovative program between Boston University School of Medicine's (BUSM) department of family medicine and the Lesotho Ministry of Health is being honored today by the United Nations (UN) at the annual meeting of the Friends of the UN Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases.
NEW DELHI, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) India has won a United Nations award for its initiative to control and prevent hypertension under the government National Health
In a significant achievement and recognition of the country s efforts against hypertension, India has won a UN award for its India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI), a large-scale hypertension intervention under National Health Mission.