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Young girls carry water from a source in Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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News in Brief 25 August 2021

25 August 2021
News in Brief
  • Bubonic plague puts young lives at risk in DR Congo: UNICEF
  • UNHCR chief calls for greater support for the nearly 7 million forcibly displaced from Sudan and South Sudan
  • High blood pressure now more common in low and middle-income countries, new report finds
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The number of people globally living with hypertension has doubled to 1.28 billion since 1990.
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High blood pressure now more common in low and middle-income countries, new report finds

24 August 2021
Health

The vast majority of people with high blood pressure, or hypertension, – a serious medical condition that significantly increases the risks of heart, brain, kidney and other diseases – live in low and middle-incomes countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) report released on Wednesday has revealed.