Reddy K Srinath, Naik Nitish, Prabhakaran Dorairaj
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Cardiology, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029, India.
Curr Cardiol Rep. 2006 Nov;8(6):399-404. doi: 10.1007/s11886-006-0096-9.
Hypertension is one of the leading causes of death and disability in developing countries. The increasing burden of hypertension in these countries has been attributed to several indicators of economic progress such as increased life expectancy, urbanization and its attendant lifestyle changes, and the overall epidemiologic transition these countries are experiencing currently. The public health response to this challenge must be to promote health among all sections of the populations of these countries, and a concerted effort to promote awareness about hypertension, its risk factors, and risk behaviors. The health policies of these countries need to be reoriented to include chronic diseases in their ambit. These efforts have the potential to reduce the emergence or lessen the toll of hypertension and its complication in many parts of the developing world.
高血压是发展中国家主要的死亡和致残原因之一。这些国家高血压负担的加重归因于若干经济发展指标，如预期寿命延长、城市化及其带来的生活方式变化，以及这些国家目前正在经历的整体流行病学转变。应对这一挑战的公共卫生措施必须是在这些国家的所有人群中促进健康，并齐心协力提高对高血压、其危险因素和风险行为的认识。这些国家的卫生政策需要重新调整方向，将慢性病纳入其范畴。这些努力有可能减少高血压及其并发症在发展中世界许多地区的出现或减轻其造成的损失。
