What is IHCI?
Indian Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) is a 5-year initiative involving the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Indian Council of Medical Research, State Governments, and WHO-India.
Hypertension is a serious, and growing, health issue in India today. There are an estimated 20 crore adults with hypertension, of whom approximately only 2 crores have it under control. The Government of India has adopted the "25 by 25" goal, which aims to reduce premature mortality due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by 25% by 2025. One of the nine voluntary targets includes reducing the prevalence of high BP by 25% by 2025.
IHCI aims to accelerate progress towards the Government of India's NCD target by supplementing and intensifying evidence-based strategies to strengthen the building blocks of hypertension management and control.
2024: IHCI Publishes a key paper in Global Hearts outlining the effectiveness of standardized hypertension treatment protocols: "India Hypertension Control Initiative: Blood Pressure Control Using Drug and Dose-Specific Standard Treatment Protocol at Scale in Punjab and Maharashtra, India, 2022" https://globalheartjournal.com/articles/10.5334/gh.1305
PROGRESS
IHCI was launched in November 2017. In the first year, IHCI covered 26 districts across five states - Punjab, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Maharashtra. By December 2020, IHCI was expanded to 52 districts across ten states - Andhra Pradesh (1), Chhattisgarh (2), Karnataka (2), Kerala (4), Madhya Pradesh (6), Maharashtra (13), Punjab (5), Tamil Nadu (1), Telangana (13) and West Bengal (5).
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