In an effort to improve, hypertension prevention and control at primary health care (PHC) level, The Federal Ministry of Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Resolve to Save Lives, initiated a hypertension prevention and control project in 74 health facilities and 200 health posts in seven regions of the country.
The project was launched on July 31st, 2019 by H.E, Dr Amir Aman, Minister of Federal Ministry of Health, who in his opening speech stressed the need to improve care for patients with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) "just as there is the right to care for communicable diseases like HIV and TB, there should also be the right to care for hypertension and all other NCDs" said Dr Amin Aman, he added that the Ministry is working towards having an evidence based policy on trans-fat and reduction of sodium intake, improving management of hypertension including other NCDs and enhancing monitoring and evaluation.
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