Why managing blood pressure matters during Covid-19 pandemic

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a leading cause of death around the world. It’s also one of the top risk factors causing in premature death and disability. And it’s more common in sub-Saharan Africa than anywhere else in the world: 46 per cent of the region’s adults over the age of 25 have hypertension.

Unfortunately, the region also has a high burden of communicable diseases, such as HIV, tuberculosis, cholera and measles. These often get the most urgent attention from health authorities, instead of hypertension.