WHO’s first-ever report on the global burden of high blood pressure and the progress made to manage the disease.
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WHO’s first-ever report on the global burden of high blood pressure and the progress made to manage the disease.
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In the Journal of American College of Cardiology International, a summary of success, progress, and lessons learned during the first five years of the HEARTS initiative.
Study estimating time spent by staff nurses on hypertension and other NCD activities in primary care facilities and time savings from the Simple app
Implementer report on the Simple mobile app from BMJ Health & Care Informatics
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A practical guide to a patient-centered approach to integrating hypertension and HIV care using differentiated service delivery
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A hypertension control package for the District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2)—a free, open-source health management data platform.
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Fact sheet from Resolve to Save Lives with six steps to implementing a successful national hypertension control program.
Hypertension management training resource for health care workers
Online training course aimed at program managers and implementers
Online training course for primary care physicians, nurses and others health workers
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
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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.
Excel spreadsheet to assist health facilities register new hypertension patients and calculate facility hypertension control rates (download)
Technical package including process improvements that outpatient clinical settings can implement to improve hypertension control rates
Manual for hypertension program implementers at national and subnational levels
Checklist that can be used to survey resources in the clinic setting for a hypertension program
Case studies on the implementation of HEARTS from 18 countries
Simplified indicators adapted from the WHO HEARTS “S” module by Resolve to Save Lives
Hypertension program monitoring visit checklist
Recommendations for low- and middle-income country settings from Resolve to Save Lives
Template with proposed members and terms of reference
WHO HEARTS package tool for treatment protocol development
FAQs on hypertension management compiled by Resolve to Save Lives
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WHO’s technical package for cardiovascular disease management in primary health care