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Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension in Nigeria: Data from a Nationwide Survey 2017

Augustine N. Odili, Babangida S. Chori, Benjamin Danladi, Peter C. Nwakile, Innocent Chukwuemeka Okoye, Umar Abdullah, Maxwell N. Nwegbu, Kefas Zawaya, Ime Essien, Kabiru Sada,

Global Heart · 2020 · 126 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Our results suggest a large burden of hypertension in Nigeria and a closing up of the rural-urban gap previously reported. This calls for a change in public health policies anchored on a primary health care system to address the emerging disease burden occasioned by hypertension.

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