World Hypertension Day 2021
17 May, 2021 - 00:00

This year's theme is Measure Your Blood Pressure Accurately, Control It, Live Longer, focusing on combatting low awareness rates worldwide, especially in low to middle income areas, and accurate blood pressure measurement methods.

Some new resources include a free online course on accurate automated blood pressure measurement offered by PAHO at this link, and guidelines for checking accuracy of BP monitors in 16 languages at this link. 

You can download the 2021 Data Reporting Sheet here and a patient questionnaire here which includes some COVID-19 questions. 

To download the World Hypertension Day Fact Sheet click here.