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Directrices de la Organización Mundial de la Salud del 2021 sobre el tratamiento farmacológico de la hipertensión: implicaciones de política para la Región de las Américas.

Directrices de la Organización Mundial de la Salud del 2021 sobre el tratamiento farmacológico de la hipertensión: implicaciones de política para la Región de las Américas.

Authors :
Campbell, Norm R. C.
Paccot Burnens, Melanie
Whelton, Paul K.
Angell, Sonia Y.
Jaffe, Marc G.
Cohn, Jennifer
Espinosa Brito, Alfredo
Irazola, Vilma
Brettler, Jeffrey W.
Roccella, Edward J.
Maldonado Figueredo, Javier Isaac
Rosende, Andres
Ordunez, Pedro
Source :
Pan American Journal of Public Health. 2022, Vol. 46, p1-11. 11p.
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the Americas and raised blood pressure accounts for over 50% of CVD. In the Americas over a quarter of adult women and four in ten adult men have hypertension and the diagnosis, treatment and control are suboptimal. In 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) released an updated guideline for the pharmacological treatment of hypertension in adults. This policy paper highlights the facilitating role of the WHO Global HEARTS initiative and the HEARTS in the Americas initiative to catalyze the implementation of this guideline, provides specific policy advice for implementation, and emphasizes that an over-arching strategic approach for hypertension control is needed. The authors urge health advocates and policymakers to prioritize the prevention and control of hypertension to improve the health and wellbeing of their populations and to reduce CVD health disparities within and between populations of the Americas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
Spanish
ISSN :
10204989
Volume :
46
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Pan American Journal of Public Health
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
163418750
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2022.54