Helena Legido‐Quigley, Aliya Naheed, H. Asita de Silva, Imtiaz Jehan et al.
Hypertension is the leading risk factor for cardiovascular disease and leading cause of premature death globally. In 2008, approximately 40% of adults were diagnosed with hypertension, with more than 1.5 billion people estimated to be affected globally by 2025. Hypertension disproportionally affects...
Eric Finkelstein, Anirudh Krishnan, Aliya Naheed, Imtiaz Jehan et al.
BACKGROUND: COBRA-BPS (Control of Blood Pressure and Risk Attenuation-Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), a multi-component hypertension management programme that is led by community health workers, has been shown to be efficacious at reducing systolic blood pressure in rural communities in Bangladesh...
Aliya Naheed, Victoria Haldane, Tazeen H. Jafar, Nantu Chakma et al.
PURPOSE: Hypertension is an increasing threat to global public health, a leading cause of premature death, and an important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease. Despite evidence on the efficacy of antihypertensive medication for blood-pressure control and mortality ...
Tazeen H. Jafar, Asita de Silva, Aliya Naheed, Imtiaz Jehan et al.
BACKGROUND: High blood pressure (BP) is the leading attributable risk for cardiovascular disease globally. There is little information on effective and sustainable public health system strategies for managing hypertension in South Asian countries. We conducted a feasibility study to gather prelimina...
Manuja Niranshi Perera, Chamini Kanatiwela de Silva, Saeideh Tavajoh, Anuradhani Kasturiratne et al.
INTRODUCTION: Uncontrolled hypertension is the leading risk factor for mortality globally, including low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, pathways for seeking hypertension care and patients' experience with the utilisation of health services for hypertension in LMICs are not well...
for COBRA-BPS Study Group, Tazeen H. Jafar, Imtiaz Jehan, H. Asita de Silva et al.
BACKGROUND: High blood pressure (BP) is the leading attributable risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). In rural South Asia, hypertension continues to be a significant public health issue with sub-optimal BP control rates. The goal of the trial is to compare a multicomponent intervention (MCI) to us...
Afifah Rahman-Shepherd, Nelson Aghogho Evaborhene, Ayelet Berman, Ana B. Amaya et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the failures of global, multilateral cooperation to respond and adapt to health emergencies while observing the principles of solidarity and equity. This response has raised the question of whether the global architecture for health emergencies is fit for purpose. In t...
Tazeen H. Jafar, Saeideh Tavajoh, H Asita de Silva, Aliya Naheed et al.
BACKGROUND: COBRA-BPS (Control of Blood Pressure and Risk Attenuation-Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), a multicomponent, community health-worker (CHW)-led hypertension management program, has been shown to be effective in rural communities in South Asia. This paper presents the acceptability of COB...
Chuan De Foo, Shishi Wu, Fariha Amin, Natarajan Rajaraman et al.
INTRODUCTION: Singapore relies heavily on migrant workers to build its country and harbours a relatively large population of these workers. Importantly, tuberculosis (TB) remains a pernicious threat to the health of these workers and in line with the United Nations High-Level Meeting in 2023, this p...
Tazeen H. Jafar, Mihir Gandhi, Aliya Naheed, Imtiaz Jehan et al.
Tazeen H. Jafar, Imtiaz Jehan, H. de Silva, Aliya Naheed et al.
CHW checklist. (PDF 175Â kb)
Tazeen Jafar, Imtiaz Jehan, H. de Silva, Aliya Naheed et al.
Summary of intervention trainings. (PDF 13Â kb)
Tazeen Jafar, Imtiaz Jehan, H. de Silva, Aliya Naheed et al.
GP management checklist. (PDF 145Â kb)
Tazeen Jafar, Imtiaz Jehan, H. de Silva, Aliya Naheed et al.
GP management checklist. (PDF 145Â kb)
Tazeen Jafar, Imtiaz Jehan, H. de Silva, Aliya Naheed et al.
SPIRIT checklist. (PDF 136Â kb)