Over 10,600 healthcare professionals have been trained by AstraZeneca and its partners as part of initiatives to grow the industry.
According to The Punch, it made this closure in a press release titled “Healthy Heart Africa marks nine years of impact addressing the burden of hypertension in Sub-Saharan.”
It also emphasized how important PPPs are to the development of Africa.
According to the statement, on World Heart Day, AstraZeneca and its partners celebrated nine years of accomplishments in the fight against hypertension and their contributions to the Healthy Heart Africa program’s goal of reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases and cardiovascular diseases.
“Since its launch in 2014, the program has conducted over 38.5 million blood pressure screenings; diagnosed over 3.1 million people; and trained over 10,600 healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals,” it said.
It has also activated more than 1,300 healthcare establishments to offer services for treating hypertension.
“To commemorate the program’s ninth anniversary, AstraZeneca and partners are presenting a webinar to review progress to date and go through potential approaches to the mounting CVD and NCD burden in Africa.
“Drawing on the lessons learned from the HHA initiative, the debate will include insights on the function of public-private partnerships in promoting primary healthcare.
The senior director of corporate affairs for AstraZeneca’s Middle East and Africa region, Qutaiba Al Manaseer, stated that Healthy Heart Africa “demonstrates the value of public-private partnerships in creating sustainable solutions that increase the resilience of local health systems.
“In order to combat the silent killer known as hypertension and to enhance patient care, we will keep working with stakeholders,” he concluded.
