Global Health Crisis: Uncontrolled Hypertension Puts Over a Billion at Risk
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\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning, declaring that uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure) is currently putting more than 1.4 billion people at risk globally, underscoring a critical public health failure, AfricaNews reported.<\/p>\n
Dr. Alarcos Cieza of the WHO characterized the situation as a global crisis, noting that over a billion people are untreated, significantly increasing their risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, and dementia. Hypertension caused 11 million deaths worldwide, accounting for 16% of all fatalities.<\/p>\n
The report highlights that only about one in five people with hypertension have it under control. The primary barriers are systemic: a lack of public awareness, an insufficient and untrained health workforce, a lack of political commitment, and challenges in accessing affordable medicines. Cardiovascular diseases are projected to cost lower-income countries $3.7 trillion by 2025. The WHO is urgently calling for global action to scale up detection and treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Global Health Crisis: Uncontrolled Hypertension Puts Over a Billion at Risk ————————— The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a stark warning, declaring that uncontrolled hypertension (high blood pressure) is currently putting more than 1.4 billion people at risk globally, underscoring a critical public health failure, AfricaNews reported. Dr. Alarcos Cieza of the WHO characterized …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":134319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[8955],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-medical-news"],"yoast_head":"\n