Isabella Hunjan, Alice Umulisa, Gianfranco Parati, Mario G Bianchetti, Gregorio P Milani, Bienvenu Muvunyi, Evariste Ntaganda, Dragana Radovanovic, Clara Stroppa, Paolo Suter, Franco Muggli
In rural sub-Saharan Africa, knowledge of non-communicable diseases such as high blood pressure (BP) is rather limited. This report provides information about a BP screening in Mata Sector, a rural region in Southern Province of Rwanda. Community-based, house-to-house screening was performed between February and July 2020 on more than 7000 inhabitants. The screening was conducted by a local team composed by 20 community health care workers, five community health care supervisors, and one nurse with hypertension surveillance training...
April 24, 2024: Journal of Human Hypertension