Health system challenges to hypertension and related non-communicable diseases prevention and treatment: perspectives from Ghanaian stakeholders.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Hypertension, itself a cardiovascular condition, is a significant risk factor for other cardiovascular diseases. Hypertension is recognized as a major public health challenge in Ghana. Beginning in 2014, a collaborative team launched the community-based hypertension improvement program (ComHIP) in one health district in Ghana. The ComHIP project, a public-private partnership, tests a community-based model that engages the private sector and utilizes information and communication technology (ICT) to control hypertension. This paper, focuses on the various challenges associated with managing hypertension in Ghana, as reported by ComHIP stakeholders. METHODS:A total of 55 informants - comprising patients, health care professionals, licensed chemical sellers (LCS), national and sub-

SUBMITTER: Laar AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6792211 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature