Hypertension control: ‘Village doctors’ in China show the way
In rural China, where blood pressure control rates are poor, especially in rural areas, an intervention led by village doctors is proving successful in addressing the issue. In China, hypertension is a serious public health problem as it has increased almost 400 percent from 1980 to 2015 – from an estimated 59 million to 244.5 million – and has accounted for over 2 million deaths or 24.6 percent of all-cause mortality. A latest study published by the Lancet, the community health workers, or “village doctors,” successfully treated people with uncontrolled high blood pressure in 326 villages in ...