Gambia: World Health April 2014 Is High Blood Pressure Awareness Gambia"high Blood Pressure" Is Likely to Become an Increasingly Important Public Health Problem

[The Point]World Health Day is celebrated on the 17th April to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948. This year's theme is high blood pressure. With one in three adults worldwide having the condition, this 'silent killer' puts huge numbers of individuals at risk for heart disease and stroke, and represents one of the most important challenges facing public health today. It is estimated there will be a staggering 1.56 billion adults living with high blood pressure in 2025.
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - Category: African Health Source Type: news