Charles Kouam Kouam

TL;DR: In African patients, AHF has a predominantly nonischemic cause, most commonly hypertension, and the outcome is similar to that observed in non-African AHF registries, suggesting that AHf has a dire prognosis globally, regardless of the cause.

TL;DR: High prevalence of hypertension with low awareness, treatment and control were found in this urban population in Cameroon; these findings are significant and alarming with consideration to the various improvements in the access to healthcare and the continuing efforts to educate communities over the last few decades.

TL;DR: Despite the differences in age and disease characteristics, the main predictors for 6 months mortality and combined 60 days re-admission and death are largely similar in sub-Saharan Africa as in the rest of the world, with some exceptions such as the association of the HIV status with mortality.

TL;DR: The high frequency of poor adherence in African patients and the associated factors should be useful for tailoring future programs to tackle hypertension in low income countries that are better adapted to patients, with a potential associated enhancement of their effectiveness.

TL;DR: In this article, a cross-sectional survey in urban clinics of 12 countries, both low income and middle income, in Sub-Saharan Africa was conducted to quantify the association of socioeconomic status both at the individual and at the country level with blood pressure control.