Category: hypertension

Confronting the Silent Killer in Nepal

May Measurement Month volunteers screen local resident outside of a temple in Pokhara, Nepal. Photo credit: Kiran Adhikari

“We are measuring the blood pressure of many people who’ve never had their blood pressure measured before,” explains Dr. Dinesh Neupane, the country coordinator for May Measurement Month in Nepal. “When we approach people about being screened, we often hear that they don’t need their blood pressure checked because they feel healthy.” But Dr. Neupane Read More >

May 15, 2019 by Bethany Hall

blood pressure, health, hypertension, Nepal

blood pressure, health, high blood pressure, hypertension, Nepal

How Senegal is tracking the Silent Killer

The scene outside a health clinic entrance in Dakar, Senegal. Photo credit: Dr. Monica LaBelle

How Senegal is tracking the Silent Killer At a packed clinic in the middle of Dakar, Senegal, a busy nurse secures a blood pressure cuff around a patient’s arm. “After I take the blood pressure, I record it here,” the nurse says enthusiastically, showing a patient treatment card to Dr. Monica LaBelle, a CDC Foundation Read More >

May 14, 2018 by Bethany Hall, MPH

Archive, global health, hypertension, World Hypertension Day