Identifying Opportunities to Strengthen Service Delivery for Hypertension in Tajikistan

Hypertension is a major driver of pre-mature death and disability in Tajikistan, a low-income country in Central Asia. The high burden of disease also results in significant health care expenditure and lost labour productivity. Therefore, there is...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	HYPERTENSION HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RURAL HEALTH SERVICES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/610751567176916794/Identifying-Opportunities-to-Strengthen-Service-Delivery-for-Hypertension-in-Tajikistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32340

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spelling	okr-10986-323402021-05-25T09:27:33Z Identifying Opportunities to Strengthen Service Delivery for Hypertension in Tajikistan World Bank Group HYPERTENSION HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE RURAL HEALTH SERVICES Hypertension is a major driver of pre-mature death and disability in Tajikistan, a low-income country in Central Asia. The high burden of disease also results in significant health care expenditure and lost labour productivity. Therefore, there is an urgent need to strengthen service delivery systems through early detection of high blood pressure, prompt diagnosis, sustained treatment maintenance, and the attainment of blood pressure control. The Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the World Bank undertook implementation research to identify effective and context-appropriate solutions for improving hypertension services. The assessment used the cascade framework to describe drop-offs along the continuum of care, collected patient and health care provider perspectives on the causes of discontinuities, used routine data from participating facilities in a Bank-supported operation, and drew on the international literature on chronic care interventions. The report presents feasible and cost-effective recommendations that, if adopted, can strengthen current programs and policies to address the growing burden of hypertension in Tajikistan. 2019-09-03T19:25:23Z 2019-09-03T19:25:23Z 2019 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/610751567176916794/Identifying-Opportunities-to-Strengthen-Service-Delivery-for-Hypertension-in-Tajikistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32340 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study Europe and Central Asia Tajikistan
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description	Hypertension is a major driver of pre-mature death and disability in Tajikistan, a low-income country in Central Asia. The high burden of disease also results in significant health care expenditure and lost labour productivity. Therefore, there is an urgent need to strengthen service delivery systems through early detection of high blood pressure, prompt diagnosis, sustained treatment maintenance, and the attainment of blood pressure control. The Ministry of Health and Social Protection and the World Bank undertook implementation research to identify effective and context-appropriate solutions for improving hypertension services. The assessment used the cascade framework to describe drop-offs along the continuum of care, collected patient and health care provider perspectives on the causes of discontinuities, used routine data from participating facilities in a Bank-supported operation, and drew on the international literature on chronic care interventions. The report presents feasible and cost-effective recommendations that, if adopted, can strengthen current programs and policies to address the growing burden of hypertension in Tajikistan.
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title	Identifying Opportunities to Strengthen Service Delivery for Hypertension in Tajikistan
title_short	Identifying Opportunities to Strengthen Service Delivery for Hypertension in Tajikistan
title_full	Identifying Opportunities to Strengthen Service Delivery for Hypertension in Tajikistan
title_fullStr	Identifying Opportunities to Strengthen Service Delivery for Hypertension in Tajikistan
title_full_unstemmed	Identifying Opportunities to Strengthen Service Delivery for Hypertension in Tajikistan
title_sort	identifying opportunities to strengthen service delivery for hypertension in tajikistan
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/610751567176916794/Identifying-Opportunities-to-Strengthen-Service-Delivery-for-Hypertension-in-Tajikistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32340
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Identifying Opportunities to Strengthen Service Delivery for Hypertension in Tajikistan

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