Hypertension medicine from Community Clinic vital to combat non-communicable diseases
The government has recently taken a landmark decision to include the medicine for hypertension in the drug list of Community Clinic to combat hypertension. Speedy implementation of this decision is essential to effectively control the growing prevalence and death from hypertension-related non-communicable diseases nationwide. At the same time, necessary budget must be allocated to ensure an uninterrupted supply of the medicine at Community Clinic and Upazila Health Complex. Speakers highlighted these issues at a workshop for journalists titled "Hypertension Control in Bangladesh" held at the capital's BMA Bhaban on Monday, September 25. The workshop was organized by research and advocacy organization PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) with support from Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI)....