Evaluation of a community-based hypertension improvement program (ComHIP) in Ghana: data from a baseline survey

Abstract Background Ghana faces an increasing burden of non-communicable disease with rates of hypertension estimated as high as 36% in adults. Despite these high rates, hypertension control remains very poor in Ghana (4%). The current project aims to implement and evaluate a community-based program...

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Published in:	BMC Public Health
Main Authors:	Peter Lamptey, Amos Laar, Alma J. Adler, Rebecca Dirks, Aya Caldwell, David Prieto-Merino, Ann Aerts, Neil Pearce, Pablo Perel
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-04-01
Subjects:	Hypertension Status Hypertension Control Hypertension Prevalence Biological Risk Factor Intervention District
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-017-4260-5