Ten Recommendations for Accelerating Hypertension and Diabetes Control to Reduce Stroke, Heart, and Renal Disease with the Aim to Save Lives in Cameroon Through Partnerships and Collaborations.

Autor: Dzudie A; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon. aitdzudie@yahoo.com.; Cape Heart Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. aitdzudie@yahoo.com.; Service of Internal Medicine and Subspecialties, Douala General Hospital, 4856, Douala, Cameroon. aitdzudie@yahoo.com.; Lown Scholars Program, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA. aitdzudie@yahoo.com., Dehayem M; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon., Kuate LM; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon., Ndom MS; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon., Ouankou CN; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon., Ebasone PV; Clinical Research Education, Networking and Consultancy, Yaounde, Cameroon., Ngongang AD; Fondation Coeur et vie, Douala, Cameroon., Njume E; Clinical Research Education, Networking and Consultancy, Yaounde, Cameroon.; Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control Program, Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services, Yaounde, Cameroon., Kamdem F; Service of Internal Medicine and Subspecialties, Douala General Hospital, 4856, Douala, Cameroon.; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon., Choukem SP; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon., Essomba NE; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Douala, Douala, Cameroon., Ateudjieu J; Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon., Folefack FK; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon.; Service of Nephrology, University Teaching Hospital, Yaounde, Cameroon., Obada EN; Portefeuille Rein et Santé, Douala, Cameroon., Nono A; Society of Nephrology, Yaounde, Cameroon., Kitio B; Wiiqare, Paris, France., Tchendjou P; Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Yaoundé, Cameroon., Thienemann F; General Medicine & Global Health, Department of Medicine & Cape Heart Institute, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland., Boombhi J; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon., Nganou CN; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon., Ashuntantang G; Society of Nephrology, Yaounde, Cameroon.; Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon., Menanga AP; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon., Kengne AP; Non-Communicable Diseases Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa., Amougou SN; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon., Tiam A; Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.; George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, Washington, DC, USA., Haoua F; Sub-Directorate of Non-Communicable Diseases, Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Cameroon., Sobngwi E; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon.; Division of Health Care Organization and Health Technology, Ministry of Public Health, Yaounde, Cameroon., Mbanya JC; Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon.; Cameroon Civil Society NCD Alliance, Yaounde, Cameroon.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Advances in therapy [Adv Ther] 2024 Nov; Vol. 41 (11), pp. 3996-4007. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 14.
DOI: 10.1007/s12325-024-02960-4
Abstrakt: Hypertension and diabetes are currently the most common, treatable, and controllable cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors for stroke, heart, and renal diseases in Cameroon. Hypertension affects 30% of adults aged ≥ 20 years with 90% as uncontrolled cases, while type 2 diabetes affects 6% of the same population, with 70% remaining underdiagnosed. Despite publication of the first Roadmap on raised blood pressure by the World Heart Federation in 2015, the Pan African Society of Cardiology Roadmap in 2017, and the technical package for cardiovascular disease management in primary health care (WHO-HEARTS) in 2020, very little progress has been made in improving the diagnosis, treatment, and control of cardiovascular risk factors and diseases in Cameroon. The Cameroon Cardiac Society and a dozen Cameroon non-communicable diseases societies, national organizations from the community and the civil society, along with researchers and members of academia and the health sector, came together under the patronage of representatives of the government to propose new strategies to improve hypertension and diabetes control and save lives in Cameroon. Two simple and practical algorithms for the management of hypertension and diabetes were developed. The ten recommendations tailored to be efficiently implemented in our country were summarized under the acronym 'A SMART VIEW' (Awareness, Screening, Manufacture, Activity, Research, Task-shifting, HIV/AIDS, Insurance, Education, and WHO-HEARTS). It is our hope that all stakeholders will further collaborate to remove barriers and enhance facilitators to deploy the proposed actions and reduce the burden of uncontrolled hypertension and untreated diabetes in Cameroon.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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