COCHRANE CAMEROON

The prevalence of hypertension varies across regions and country income groups. The WHO African Region has the highest prevalence of hypertension (27%) while the WHO Region of the Americas has the lowest prevalence of hypertension (18%). In Cameroon, out of a population of nearly 27,2 million inhabitants, arterial hypertension (HTA) affects 35% of the population. More than 17,000 of them die each year and one in three men suffers from it (MoH ; Cameroonian Heart Foundation). This disease is therefore responsible for a high death rate in Cameroon.