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Hypertension - Global Scourge That Can Be Tamed
December 03, 2007 at 3:16 PM
General Health News
New research from The George Institute for International Health and quoted in the journal Hypertension , says that blood pressure-related diseases like coronary heart disease and stroke continue to cause potentially preventable deaths and disabilities around the world. Developing countries such as India and China are observed to bear the brunt.
In 2005 the World Health Organization noted blood pressure-related diseases as a major cause of premature death and disability. The disorder was touted as a serious threat to social and economic development. Blood pressure related diseases take a massive social and economic toll on low-income countries. They hamper an already fragile health system.
At the same time, lower income countries lack the infrastructure to identify those at risk of blood pressure related diseases. Says lead author Dr Vlado Perkovic : "Scores of people in these regions are unaware that they have high blood pressure. Whats needed are new approaches to the identification and treatment of individuals at high risk of blood pressure related diseases, utilizing low cost but highly effective therapies that are already widely available. Health care providers must be trained and encouraged to provide screening, risk assessment and monitoring. The emphasis then moves to prevention rather than treatment, which is much more cost-effective for most nations."
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