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The prevalence of hypertension, the commonest risk factor for preventable disability and premature deaths, is rapidly increasing in Africa. The African Control of Hypertension through Innovative Epidemiology, and a Vibrant Ecosystem [ACHIEVE] conference was convened to discuss and initiate the co-implementation of the strategic solutions to tame this burden toward achieving a target of 80% for awareness, treatment, and control by the year 2030. Experts, including the academia, policymakers, patients, the WHO, and representatives of various hypertension and cardiology societies generated a 12-item communique for implementation by the stakeholders of the ACHIEVE ecosystem at the continental, national, sub-national, and local (primary) healthcare levels.
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MO and RA are supported by The National Institutes of Health grants: SIREN (U54HG007479), SIBS Genomics (R01NS107900), SIBS Gen Gen (R01NS107900‐02S1), ARISES (R01NS115944‐01), H3Africa CVD Supplement (3U24HG009780‐03S5), CaNVAS (1R01NS114045-01), Sub-Saharan Africa Conference on Stroke (SSACS) 1R13NS115395-01A1 and Training Africans to Lead and Execute Neurological Trials & Studies (TALENTS) D43TW012030. MO, FB, EU, and other ARUA team members are supported by UKRI - ref ES/T014954/1. PM and MO are supported by the University of Glasgow Scottish Funding Council and the Global Challenges Research Fund, the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) 2020-1- UK01-KA107-078782 and the Erasmus+ 2022-1-IT02-KA171-HED-000075494.
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Olowoyo, P., Dzudie, A., Okekunle, A.P. et al. ACHIEVE conference proceedings: implementing action plans to reduce and control hypertension burden in Africa. J Hum Hypertens 38, 193–199 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41371-024-00903-8
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