Department of Medicine, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana.
Department of Internal Medicine, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Tamale, Ghana.
Ghana Med J. 2024 Sep;58(3):239-244. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v58i3.9.
Hypertension is the top cause of preventable deaths in the African region. The burden of hypertension is increasing in Ghana, along with other countries in the African continent. Many people with hypertension in Ghana are unfortunately unaware of their diagnosis, and those who are aware often have poorly controlled blood pressure. The current situation is a signal of critical gaps in hypertension care in Ghana that need to be urgently addressed to curb this epidemic. The World Heart Federation (WHF), sponsored by Resolve to Save Lives, responded to this need by organising advocacy roundtables on hypertension in selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa to scale up hypertension management efforts in these countries. The roundtable on hypertension in Ghana was organised in collaboration with the Ghanaian Society of Cardiology (GSC) and the Stroke Association Support Network (SASNET) Ghana. A country mapping detailing the current situation and evolution of hypertension in Ghana over the years formed the basis of the roundtable discussions. The roundtable convened diverse stakeholders in hypertension care in Ghana to discuss the roadblocks to hypertension management in Ghana, proffer solutions to address them and chart a course with timelines for action. Major roadblocks to the management of hypertension in Ghana identified included inadequate financing for cardiovascular disease (CVD) care, inadequate capacity for CVD care across all levels of the healthcare system and insufficient education to empower people with hypertension for optimal self-care.
The roundtable was funded through a grant by Resolve to Save Lives through the World Heart Federation.
高血压是非洲地区可预防死亡的首要原因。加纳与非洲其他国家一样，高血压负担不断增加。加纳许多高血压患者不幸不知道自己的诊断，而那些知道的人往往血压控制不佳。目前的情况表明，加纳在高血压治疗方面存在严重差距，需要紧急解决这些差距，以遏制这一流行病。世界心脏联合会（WHF）在拯救生命的决心的赞助下，针对撒哈拉以南非洲部分国家的高血压问题组织了宣传圆桌会议，以扩大这些国家的高血压管理工作。加纳高血压圆桌会议是与加纳心脏病学会（GSC）和加纳中风协会支持网络（SASNET）合作组织的。一次国家绘图详细说明了加纳多年来高血压的现状和演变，作为圆桌会议讨论的基础。该圆桌会议召集了加纳高血压护理领域的各种利益攸关方，讨论加纳高血压管理面临的障碍，提出解决方案来解决这些障碍，并制定具有行动时间表的路线图。在加纳管理高血压的主要障碍包括心血管疾病（CVD）护理资金不足、整个医疗保健系统各级的 CVD 护理能力不足以及对高血压患者进行最佳自我护理的教育不足。
圆桌会议的资金来自拯救生命决心通过世界心脏联合会提供的赠款。
