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.
Million Hearts Hypertension Control Change Package
Technical package including process improvements that outpatient clinical settings can implement to improve hypertension control rates
PAHO Virtual Course on accurate automated blood pressure measurement
Online training course available in English and Spanish
Simplified indicator calculator example
Example of completed spreadsheet for registering new hypertension patients and calculating facility hypertension control rates (download)
Lives saved calculator for cardiovascular health interventions
Calculator modeling the impact of cardiovascular health interventions (including improved hypertension control and sodium reduction) by country
Blood pressure measurement device selection in low‐resource settings: Challenges, compromises, and routes to progress
Article published in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension
WHO technical specifications for blood pressure devices
Updated guidance on blood pressure measuring devices (2020)
Hearts in the Americas: Guide and essentials for implementation
Manual for hypertension program implementers at national and subnational levels
Hypertension treatment protocol: West Bengal, India
Sample treatment protocol used by RTSL partners in West Bengal, India
Hypertension treatment protocol: Vietnam
Sample treatment protocol used by RTSL partners in Vietnam
Hypertension treatment protocol: Karnataka, India
Sample treatment protocol used by RTSL partners in Karnataka, India
Hypertension treatment protocol: Nigeria
Sample treatment protocol used by RTSL partners in Nigeria
Hypertension treatment protocol: Bihar, India
Sample treatment protocol used by RTSL partners in Bihar, India
Hypertension treatment protocol: Andhra Pradesh, India
Sample treatment protocol used by RTSL partners in Andhra Pradesh, India
Estimation of the global gap in clinic visits for hypertension care between patient need and physician capacity
Article published in Hypertension
Hypertension treatment protocol: Sri Lanka
Sample treatment protocol used by RTSL partners in Sri Lanka
Dyskalemia risk associated with fixed-dose anti-hypertensive medication combinations
Article published in the Journal of Human Hypertension in September 2021
Drivers and scorecards to improve hypertension control in primary care practice: Recommendations from the HEARTS in the Americas Innovation Group
Article published in the Lancet Regional Health – Americas
Baseline facility checklist
Checklist that can be used to survey resources in the clinic setting for a hypertension program
Improving hypertension control in 3 million people: country experiences of program development and implementation
Case studies on the implementation of HEARTS from 18 countries
Validated Automated Blood Pressure Devices
Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives on why validated, digital blood pressure monitors are preferred.
Improved Blood Pressure Control Associated With a Large-Scale Hypertension Program
Case study of Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s successful hypertension control program published in JAMA
Recommended treatment protocols to improve management of hypertension globally
Position statement from Resolve to Save Lives and the World Hypertension League published in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension
Hypertension Facility Visit Checklist
Hypertension program monitoring visit checklist
Why is hypertension important?
Video for health workers from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
10 hypertension myths and facts
Fact sheet with commons myths about hypertension
Preventing Cardiovascular Disease, China’s Leading Killer
Short video on cardiovascular disease in China / 如何预防中国首要死因：心血管疾病（决心工程制）
How to diagnose hypertension
Video for health workers from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Preparing an individual for blood pressure measurement
Video for health care workers from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
Automated digital blood pressure devices
Short video from Resolve to Save Lives on how automated, digital blood pressure devices promote accurate blood pressure measurement at scale