Africa: Why Managing Blood Pressure Matters During COVID-19 Pandemic

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Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a leading cause of death around the world. It's also one of the top risk factors causing in premature death and disability. And it's more common in sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else in the world: 46% of the region's adults over the age of 25 have hypertension.

Unfortunately the region also has a high burden of communicable diseases, such as HIV, tuberculosis, cholera and measles. These often get the most urgent attention from health authorities, instead of hypertension.

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