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.

IHCI: Blood Pressure Control Using Drug and Dose-Specific Standard Treatment Protocol. IHCI–Early outcomes in 26 districts across five states of India. IHCI—Hypertension treatment and blood pressure control in a cohort. IHCI—Interventions to Ensure the Continuum of Care for Hypertension During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Simple is fast, free software for clinicians to manage patients with hypertension and diabetes that is developed with IHCI and exported all over the world. Using an Android app, healthcare workers can easily manage blood pressure and blood sugar measurements, as well as recording medications and scheduling follow-up visits.

The India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) was launched in November 2017 to help achieve India’s NCD goals by supplementing and intensifying evidence-based strategies towards strengthening the building blocks of hypertension management and control. In the first year, IHCI covered 26 districts across the five states namely Punjab, Kerala,

The India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) is a multi‐partner initiative, implementing and scaling up a public health hypertension control program across India. A cohort of 21,895 adult hypertension patients in 24 IHCI sentinel site facilities ...

Hypertension, or high blood pressure (BP), is when either systolic BP (the top number) is ‘140 mmHg or more’ or diastolic BP (the bottom number) is ‘90 mmHg or more’. Why is hypertension dangerous? High BP harms the heart, brain, arteries, kidneys, and blood vessels, and can cause lifelong disability and death.

This article documents the design of IHCI Phase I and its progress and challenges to date, including the implementation of program strategies and estimates of blood pressure control at the public sector clinics and among all people estimated to have hypertension in the IHCI districts.

By December 2021, the IHCI program was implemented in 101 districts across 19 states and enrolled more than 20 lakh patients in 13,000+health facilities. In the 26 initial Phase I districts, nearly one-fifth (22%) of the estimated total number of …

2020年12月23日 · The India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI) is a multi-partner initiative, implementing and scaling up a public health hypertension control program across India.

2022年6月2日 · To achieve this, it is important to fast-track access to treatment services by strengthening interventions such as the India Hypertension Control Initiative (IHCI). IHCI is a multi-partner initiative of the Government of India’s Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), WHO Country Office for India (WHO ...