Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance, Monitoring and Reporting
The main objective of the Surveillance, Monitoring and Reporting unit is to support the collection, analysis, and dissemination of country-level risk factor information to inform and improve public health policy.
Hypertension country profiles
Hypertension – also known as high blood pressure – is one of the world’s leading risk factors for death and disability. The aim of the hypertension profiles is to highlight the current status of hypertension for each WHO Member State (194 total) curated from multiple data sources. These profiles help to establish a baseline for the country and support monitoring trends toward the prevention and control of hypertension as a public health problem.
Country profiles
Country profiles present selected data, statistics and information to provide national health profiles at given points in time.
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