India needs to do more on hypertension, says Lancet global survey

Marginal increase in the number of people living with the ailment but diagnosis, treatment and control still need to catch up with best practices

India provides a mixed picture in the diagnosis, treatment and control of hypertension, finds a global survey of the ailment covering a 30-year period published by Lancet.

The number of people living with hypertension has doubled globally in the past 30 years, but the increase in India has been marginal. At the same time, diagnosis, treatment and control of the ailment in the country needs to catch up with best practices.

Doctors and scientists from the World Health Organisation, Imperial College London and University of Sydney re­se­a­rched the subject and authored the report. It’s the most comprehensive analysis of its kind encapsulating