Resolve to Save Lives, the World Health Organization, and Bloomberg Philanthropies came together with global health leaders today to launch WHO’s second global hypertension report.
High blood pressure affects 1.4 billion people worldwide, yet only 1 in 5 have it under control—leaving 80% at risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney disease, dementia, and early death.
The report identifies access to life-saving medicines as the biggest barrier—but also the greatest opportunity—for rapid, scalable progress.
At the event, speakers underscored the urgency of expanding access to medicines, while leaders from Ethiopia, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, and the Philippines shared how they are proving that large-scale blood pressure control is possible.
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