May Measurement Month 2017: screening for hypertension in Nigeria-Sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT: Hypertension and its complications are now responsible for about a quarter of emergency medical admissions in urban hospitals in Nigeria. It is the commonest risk factor for stroke, heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and dementia. Furthermore, high blood pressure is the commonest cause of sudden unexpected natural death in the country. Regrettably, the rate of awareness, treatment, and control is abysmally low in the country and in many parts of the world. May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global initiative of the International Society of Hypertension aimed at raising awareness of high blood pressure (BP) and to act as a temporary solution to the lack of screening programs worldwide. An opportunistic cross-sectional survey of volunteers aged ≥18 years was carried out in May 2017. Blood

SUBMITTER: Ogah OS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6479429 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature