- regions between 2019 and 2025 through embedding hypertension treatment services in its essential health service package and strengthening screening and follow-up care.
- The Philippines has effectively incorporated the WHO’s HEARTS technical package into community-level services nationwide.
- South Korea has integrated health reforms, including low costs for anti-hypertensive medications and limiting patient fees, which have resulted in a high rate of blood pressure control nationally: 59% in 2022.
WHO calls on all countries to embed hypertension control in UHC reforms. Implementing the measures recommended in the report could prevent millions of premature deaths and ease the massive social and economic toll of uncontrolled high blood pressure.
