Factsheet for DHIS2 for Hypertension & Diabetes Programs
DHIS2 Tracker is a free, open-source health management data platform developed by DHIS2 and Resolve to Save Lives that program managers can use to monitor large-scale non-communicable disease (NCD) programs. The new version 2.0 integrates hypertension and diabetes care and is optimized for use in busy primary care facilities that manage thousands of patients. DHIS2 […]
Demo site for DHIS2 hypertension and diabetes control package
Demo the new DHIS2 hypertension and diabetes control package—a free, open-source health management data platform developed by DHIS2 and Resolve to Save Lives.
Decentralizing hypertension care in Punjab and Maharashtra States
By bringing care delivery closer to communities, we can provide more people with access to quality care, improve hypertension control and save more lives. Our experts in India documented the decentralization process and its impact on patient outcomes in nine districts from 2018–2022.
Patient retention to hypertension treatment: A mixed-method study from North India
Improving hypertension control requires patient retention to hypertension treatment, which requires ready access to care. This study highlights the need for improved primary care services and patient-centered services, including extended clinic hours and diagnostic facilities. Experts from Resolve to Save Lives India analyzed patient retention rates in hypertension treatment using a mixed-method concurrent design in […]
Living Longer and Healthier: Integrating HIV and Hypertension Services for People Living with HIV in India
Learn how integrating hypertension management in HIV services improved health outcomes in India.
Lower Sodium, Longer Lives in India
Sodium reduction is the single most important dietary intervention for improving heart health and saving lives in India. Learn more in this resource developed by Resolve to Save Lives.
Resolve to Save Lives: India Country Profile
Learn more about how Resolve to Save Lives is working to end preventable deaths from cardiovascular disease in India.
Blood pressure poster study
A qualitative study conducted by Resolve to Save Lives determined this poster to be the most impactful for encouraging patients to take their blood pressure medications daily. Forty patients from five different places said they prefer this poster because it shows someone actually taking their medication, which made clear what they needed to do.
Hypertension: A neglected global health crisis
Key findings from WHO’s first-ever Global Hypertension Report, which shows that the number of people with hypertension has doubled since 1990, from 650 million to 1.3 billion, and the economic benefits of hypertension treatment outweigh costs by 18 to one.
Global report on hypertension: The race against a silent killer
WHO’s first-ever report on the global burden of high blood pressure and the progress made to manage the disease.
Understanding the role of staff nurses in hypertension management in primary care facilities in India: A time-motion study
Study estimating time spent by staff nurses on hypertension and other NCD activities in primary care facilities and time savings from the Simple app
Keep it simple: designing a user-centred digital information system to support chronic disease management in low/middle-income countries
Implementer report on the Simple mobile app from BMJ Health & Care Informatics
Our formula for effective hypertension care
There are five crucial components of hypertension care at public health scale: simple treatment protocols; access to quality, affordable medications, team-based care and task sharing; patient-centered care; and strong information systems.
Hypertension Treatment Protocol: Uganda
Treatment protocol developed by LINKS Grantee, Makarere University Joint AIDS Program
Hypertension Treatment Protocol: Fujian, China
Sample treatment protocol used by RTSL partners in Fujian, China
Integrating hypertension and HIV management: Executive summary
Executive summary of Resolve to Save Lives’ toolkit to help HIV control programs incorporate a patient-centered approach to hypertension care
Integrating hypertension and HIV management: Toolkit
A practical guide to a patient-centered approach to integrating hypertension and HIV care using differentiated service delivery
DHIS2 Package for Hypertension & Diabetes Control Programs
A hypertension and diabetes control package for the District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2)—a free, open-source health management data platform. Not only is DHIS2 a practical, sustainable, ready-to-use solution, but it’s cost-effective and easy-to-train, too. Developed by the Federal Ministry of Health in Nigeria in collaboration with WHO-Nigeria and the University of Oslo, the newly […]
Quick-Start Guide to Implementing a National Hypertension Control Program
Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives with six steps to implementing a successful national hypertension control program.
Under Pressure
Strategies to improve access to medicines to treat high blood pressure Developed in collaboration with the Médecins Sans Frontières Access project, this groundbreaking report on identifies barriers to affordable blood pressure medication in LMICs and underscores the need for a transformation of the global blood pressure medicines market to make life-saving medicines more affordable and […]
WHO guideline for the pharmacological treatment of hypertension in adults
Updated in 2021
Selecting Blood Pressure Devices
Short video outlining how to choose a blood pressure device
Measuring Blood Pressure Accurately
Short video with a step-by-step guide for health care workers on how to accurately measure blood pressure
India Hypertension Control Initiative and Simple App Training Manual
Hypertension management training resource for health care workers
Automated Digital Blood Pressure Devices (Spanish Subtitles)
Video sobre los monitores digitales automatizados para medir la presion arterial
Fundamentals for Implementing a Hypertension Program in Resource-Constrained Settings
Online training course aimed at program managers and implementers
PAHO virtual course on the implementation of the HEARTS technical package
Online training course for primary care physicians, nurses and others health workers
Simplified indicator calculator template
Excel spreadsheet to assist health facilities register new hypertension patients and calculate facility hypertension control rates (download)
Team-based hypertension management in primary health care
A guide that expands upon the WHO’s team-based care module of the HEARTS technical package, providing guidance and resources to assist in implementing team-based care for hypertension at the primary health care facility level
Managing Large-Scale Hypertension Control Programs: A Six-Step Guide
Our guide for program managers starting up national or subnational hypertension control programs, broken down into six steps and and supported by practical tools from our hypertension control resource library and the WHO HEARTS technical package and adaptable to the local program and setting.