More than 700 million people with untreated hypertension
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More than 700 million people with untreated hypertension
More than 1 billion adults have hypertension (high blood pressure) – which increases their risk of heart, brain and kidney diseases. Hypertension is easily treated with low-cost medicines, yet more than half of people with hypertension do not receive the treatment that they need.
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