Publications by authors named "Hema S Khanchandani"
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFCivil society's role in improving hypertension control in Latin America.
Rev Panam Salud Publica
September 2022
Article Synopsis
- Despite advancements in medical and technical fields, hypertension control in Latin America remains insufficient, with a need for more political and systemic changes.
- Civil society can play a key role in prioritizing hypertension on the political agenda, ensuring funding, and promoting affordable medications through strategic advocacy efforts.
- The advocacy plan should focus on analyzing the political landscape, defining policy goals to increase political will and community awareness, and implementing strategies that leverage civil society's skills to achieve sustainable hypertension control and better health outcomes.
Background: This report updates 2001 estimates of disease burden prevented and cost effectiveness of tobacco-use screening and brief intervention relative to that of other clinical preventive services. It also addresses repeated counseling because the literature has focused on single episodes of treatment, while in reality that is neither desirable nor likely.
Methods: Literature searches led to four models for calculating the clinically preventable burden of deaths and morbidity from smoking as well as the cost effectiveness of providing the service annually over time.