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Getting on top of rural Asia’s blood pressure challenge
March 30, 2021

Regional study highlights cost-effective way to control high blood pressure.

Community-health-worker-led care in Pakistan meaningfully improves blood pressure control in hypertensive patients
February 20, 2020

Study co-authored by AKU faculty generates evidence on ways to manage hypertension.

Contributing new insights into chronic conditions
August 17, 2018

AKU’s contribution to two global studies has resulted in noteworthy findings.

Uncontrolled high blood pressure a growing threat in rural Sindh, study finds
May 17, 2018

Researchers find low awareness and inadequate treatment measures for the disease.

AKU wins grant to study hypertension in Pakistan
January 7, 2016

The Aga Khan University’s Department of Community Health Sciences and international collaborators have received an award to study ways to lower hypertension in adults living in rural South Asia.

Non-communicable diseases pose an increasing threat to health in Pakistan​​
April 11, 2015

Published in The Lancet, the study was conducted by an international consortium of researchers working on the Global Burden of Disease project and led by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Co-authors incl