Task sharing with non-physician health-care workers for management of blood pressure in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Summary: Background: Task sharing for the management of hypertension could be useful for understaffed and resource-poor health systems. We assessed the effectiveness of task-sharing interventions in improving blood pressure control among adults in low-income and middle-income countries. Methods: We...

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Main Authors: T N Anand, MPH, Linju Maria Joseph, MSc, A V Geetha, MSc, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, ProfMD, Panniyammakal Jeemon, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19300774