Progress in hypertension control encouraging but insufficient: Experts

Bangladesh has made significant progress in controlling hypertension, but experts warn that ongoing initiatives remain insufficient to address the country’s growing burden of the disease.

They emphasised ensuring uninterrupted supply of anti-hypertensive medicines at community clinics and upazila health complexes to sustain progress, according to a press release.

The observations came at a journalists’ workshop titled “Hypertension Control in Bangladesh: Progress, Challenges and Way Forward,” held on Monday at the capital’s BMA Bhaban.

The event was organised by PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) with support from the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), where 23 journalists from print, television, and online media took part.