Kunihiro Matsushita, Sonia Y Angell, Lawrence J Appel, Helen Bygrave, Jennifer Cohn, Robert Kalyesubula, Prabhdeep Kaur, Andrew E Moran, Margaret Mswema, Veronica Schoj, Aletta E Schutte, Ruitai Shao, Xin-Hua Zhang, Pedro Ordunez, Taskeen Khan
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Abstract
Background: In 2024, the World Health Organization released a report on Priorities for Research on Hypertension Care Delivery. This article provides its executive summary.
Methods: The World Health Organization and its technical experts formed a leadership team, developed a scope and objectives, created a thematic framework, developed a survey for each theme, and identified research priorities. The 5 themes included (1) Health care workforce for hypertension care delivery, (2) Service delivery system/models, (3) Patient retention/adherence, (4) Financing the care delivery system, and (5) Research gaps identified in the World Health Organization 2021 Hypertension Guideline. The leadership team received feedback from diverse experts through webinars and online surveys. The final report was peer-reviewed by external experts.
Results: According to postwebinar surveys, we identified 5 to 7 research priorities within each theme, totaling 29 research priorities. The 10 highest priorities were (1) Cost-effectiveness of combination therapy in low/middle-income countries, (2) A system allowing hypertension care closer to home, (3) Health system reform allowing trained community health workers to refill/initiate/titrate antihypertensive medications, (4) Health system reform allowing nurses to diagnose and treat hypertension, (5) Gaps in the medication supply chain, (6) New approaches integrating the management of hypertension and other diseases, (7) Digital approaches for improving medication adherence, (8) Optimal approaches to train health care workers, (9) Approaches to finance hypertension control programs, and (10) Implementation research on task-sharing approaches.
Conclusions: These research priorities provide guidance to researchers, with immediate implications for substantially improve hypertension care and prevent its sequelae. We urge governments, funding agencies, and organizations to consider supporting these research topics.
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Hypertension presents top-tier articles on high blood pressure in each monthly release. These articles delve into basic science, clinical treatment, and prevention of hypertension and associated cardiovascular, metabolic, and renal conditions. Renowned for their lasting significance, these papers contribute to advancing our understanding and management of hypertension-related issues.