Managing hypertension in rural Uganda: Realities and strategies 10 years of experience at a district hospital chronic disease clinic.

ABSTRACT: The literature on the global burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) contrasts a spiraling epidemic centered in low-income countries with low levels of awareness, risk factor control, infrastructure, personnel and funding. There are few data-based reports of broad and interconnected strategies to address these challenges where they hit hardest. Kisoro district in Southwest Uganda is rural, remote, over-populated and poor, the majority of its population working as subsistence farmers. This paper describes the 10-year experience of a tri-partite collaboration between Kisoro District Hospital, a New York teaching hospital, and a US-based NGO delivering hypertension services to the district. Using data from patient and pharmacy registers and a random sample of charts reviewed manually, we de

SUBMITTER: Stephens JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7274420 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature