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Health conditions of older adults in complex humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries: a retrospective analysis of 2019–2025 data from Médecins Sans Frontières-supported inpatient departments

van Boetzelaer E, Keating P, Caleo G, Oluyide B, Masum RR,  et al.
2025-11-01 • BMJ Global Health
2025-11-01 • BMJ Global Health

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Inpatient admissions of older adults in humanitarian settings in low-income and middle-income countries remain poorly documented, likely leading to g...

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Priorities for research on hypertension care delivery: a WHO report executive summary

Matsushita K, Angell SY, Appel LJ, Bygrave H, Cohn J,  et al.
2025-03-20 • Journal of Human Hypertension
2025-03-20 • Journal of Human Hypertension

BACKGROUND

In 2024, the World Health Organization released a report on Priorities for Research on Hypertension Care Delivery. This article provides its executiv...

Evaluating task-sharing for non-communicable disease management in humanitarian settings: lessons learned from MSF’s model of care in Lebanon

Doumit M, Masri S, Beltran I, Incerti A, Ciglenecki I,  et al.
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023
2023-06-07 • MSF Scientific Day International 2023

Compliance to follow up and adherence to medication in hypertensive patients in an urban informal settlement in Kenya: comparison of three models of care

Kuria N, Reid AJ, Owiti P, Tweya H, Kibet CK,  et al.
2018-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2018-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVE
To determine and compare, among three models of care, compliance with scheduled clinic appointments and adherence to antihypertensive medication of patients in an informal ...

Addressing failures in achieving hypertension control in low- and middle-income settings through simplified treatment algorithms

Cohn J, Bygrave H, Roberts TR, Khan T, Ojji D,  et al.
2022-04-12 • Global Heart
2022-04-12 • Global Heart
Hypertension is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), which are the leading global cause of death. Hypertension is under-diagnosed and under-treated in most ...

Offering integrated care for HIV/AIDS, diabetes and hypertension within chronic disease clinics in Cambodia

Janssens B, Van Damme W, Raleigh B, Gupta J, Khem S,  et al.
2007-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2007-11-01 • Bulletin of the World Health Organization
PROBLEM
In Cambodia, care for people with HIV/AIDS (prevalence 1.9%) is expanding, but care for people with type II diabetes (prevalence 5-10%), arterial hypertension and other treat...

Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and access to care among non-camp Syrian refugees in northern Jordan

Rehr M, Shoaib M, Ellithy S, Okour S, Ariti C,  et al.
2018-07-11 • Conflict and Health
2018-07-11 • Conflict and Health
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Tackling the high non-communicable disease (NCD) burden among Syrian refugees poses a challenge to humanitarian actors and host countries. Current response priorities are ...

Outcomes of decentralizing hypertension care from district hospitals to health centers in Rwanda, 2013-2014

Ngoga G, Park PH, Borg R, Bukhman G, Ali E,  et al.
2019-12-21 • Public Health Action
2019-12-21 • Public Health Action
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Three district hospitals (DHs) and seven health centers (HCs) in rural Rwanda.

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To describe follow-up and treatment outcomes in stage ...

Case identification, retention and blood pressure control in Kenya

Mbau L, Harrison RE, Kizito W, Timire C, Namusonge T,  et al.
2022-06-21 • Public Health Action
2022-06-21 • Public Health Action
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Prevalence of hypertension in Africa is rising but it remains underdiagnosed and poorly controlled. In Kenya, only 22% of individuals known to have hypertension were on tr...

Access to care for non-communicable diseases in Mosul, Iraq between 2014 and 2017: A rapid qualitative study

Baxter LM, Eldin MS, Al Mohammed A, Saim M, Checchi F
2018-12-29 • Conflict and Health
2018-12-29 • Conflict and Health
During June 2014 to April 2017, the population of Mosul, Iraq lived in a state of increasing isolation from the rest of Iraq due to the city's occupation by the Islamic State group. As p...

Self-reported medication adherence among patients with diabetes or hypertension, Médecins Sans Frontières, Shatila refugee camp, Beirut, Lebanon: a mixed methods study

Mohamad M, Moussally K, Lakis C, El-Hajj M, Bahous SA,  et al.
2021-05-10 • PLOS One
2021-05-10 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
Low adherence to medications, specifically in patients with Diabetes (DM) and Hypertension (HTN), and more so in refugee settings, remains a major challenge to achieving...

Health care seeking behaviour and financial protection of patients with hypertension: A cross-sectional study in rural West Bengal, India

Chakraborty S, Kumar Rai R, Kumar Biswas A, Barik A, Gurung P,  et al.
2022-02-25 • PLOS One
2022-02-25 • PLOS One
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Elevated blood pressure or hypertension is responsible for around 10 million annual deaths globally, and people residing in low and middle-income countries are disproporti...