# IHCI - Indian Hypertension Control Initiative ## IHCI - Indian Hypertension Control Initiative - [What is IHCI?](https://www.ihci.in/master.md) - [5 Components](https://www.ihci.in/5-components.md): There are 5 crucial components of effective hypertension care that are part of the IHCI programme. - [Publications](https://www.ihci.in/publications.md): Journal articles published as part of the Indian Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) - [IHCI: Publication on Changing patterns in Health seeking behavior for Hypertension](https://www.ihci.in/publications/ihci-publication-on-changing-patterns-in-health-seeking-behavior-for-hypertension.md): Changing patterns in health-seeking behaviour and prescription practices for treatment of hypertension in nine districts – insights from India Hypertension Control Initiative, 2018-19 and 2023-24 - [IHCI: Publication on Baseline Survey in nine districts](https://www.ihci.in/publications/ihci-publication-on-baseline-survey-in-nine-districts.md): Population-based surveillance for hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in nine districts - India Hypertension Control Initiative, 2018–19 - [IHCI: Publication on Drug and Dose-Specific regimen analysis](https://www.ihci.in/publications/ihci-publication-on-drug-and-dose-specific-regimen-analysis.md): India Hypertension Control Initiative: Blood Pressure Control Using Drug and Dose-Specific Standard Treatment Protocol at Scale in Punjab and Maharashtra, India, 2022 - [IHCI: Publication on Simple app on SAGE Digital Health](https://www.ihci.in/publications/ihci-publication-on-simple-app-on-sage-digital-health.md): Discovery, development, and deployment of a user-centered point-of-care digital information system to treat and track hypertension and diabetes patients under India Hypertension Control Initiative - [IHCI: Blood Pressure Control Using Drug and Dose-Specific Standard Treatment Protocol](https://www.ihci.in/publications/ihci-blood-pressure-control-using-drug-and-dose-specific-standard-treatment-protocol.md): Simple drug- and dose-specific protocols helped achieve a high control rate among patients retained in care under program conditions. - [IHCI–Early outcomes in 26 districts across five states of India](https://www.ihci.in/publications/ihci-early-outcomes-in-26-districts-across-five-states-of-india.md) - [IHCI—Hypertension treatment and blood pressure control in a cohort](https://www.ihci.in/publications/ihci-hypertension-treatment-and-blood-pressure-control-in-a-cohort.md) - [IHCI—Interventions to Ensure the Continuum of Care for Hypertension During the COVID-19 Pandemic](https://www.ihci.in/publications/ihci-interventions-to-ensure-the-continuum-of-care-for-hypertension-during-the-covid-19-pandemic.md) - [IHCI—Improving the availability of antihypertensive drugs in IHCI, 2019–2020](https://www.ihci.in/publications/ihci-improving-the-availability-of-antihypertensive-drugs-in-ihci-2019-2020.md) - [AWARDS](https://www.ihci.in/awards.md) - [WHL - Organizational excellence award](https://www.ihci.in/awards/whl-organizational-excellence-award.md) - [National Award - eGovernance](https://www.ihci.in/awards/national-award-egovernance.md) - [UN Award](https://www.ihci.in/awards/un-award.md) - [Events](https://www.ihci.in/events.md): IHCI was launched in November 2017. Since then there have been many key moments in the program as it scales across the India. - [IHCI Progress Brief 2022](https://www.ihci.in/resources/ihci-progress-brief-2022.md): Nearly half (47%) of the registered patients under care had BP under control during the most recent visit in the first quarter of 2021. - [State Hypertension Protocols](https://www.ihci.in/resources/protocols.md): One of the important components of the IHCI program is each state's hypertension treatment protocol. Doctors have found protocols to be useful and simple for hypertension care and management. - [Training Modules](https://www.ihci.in/resources/training-modules.md): States can use these modules for team-based training at the PHC level such that all members are aware of the entire team’s roles to ensure the best outcomes for patients and to improve BP control. - [Simple App](https://www.ihci.in/resources/simple.md): The Simple app is used in several IHCI states for longitudinal reporting of patient outcomes and for managing the hypertension program. - [BP Measurement Checklists](https://www.ihci.in/resources/bp-measurement-checklists.md): These are one pagers for the NCD staff to refer as check points during measuring blood pressure for 18 year & above or 30 years & above patients based on the state's requirement - [IEC Materials](https://www.ihci.in/resources/hypertension-best-practices.md): These are the materials used for disseminating information, provide education and to establish proper communication within the community about hypertension management - [IHCI Factsheet](https://www.ihci.in/resources/hypertension-best-practices/ihci-factsheet.md): These documents have some major facts about hypertension and the IHCI project - [Hypertension Myths and Facts](https://www.ihci.in/resources/hypertension-best-practices/hypertension-myths-and-facts.md): These documents are there to refer to clarify few myths and to establish few facts about hypertension - [Hypertension Best Practices](https://www.ihci.in/resources/hypertension-best-practices/hypertension-best-practices.md): This document explains the best practices to follow to avoid getting hypertension or to keep hypertension under control - [Contact Us](https://www.ihci.in/about/contact.md): IHCI involves the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Indian Council of Medical Research, State Governments, and WHO-India. - [Teams](https://www.ihci.in/about/teams.md) - [Core Team](https://www.ihci.in/about/teams/core-team.md) - [Support Team](https://www.ihci.in/about/teams/support-team.md) - [State and District Team](https://www.ihci.in/about/teams/state-district-field-team.md) - [Governance Mechanism](https://www.ihci.in/about/goverence.md) --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. 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