Protecting 1 Billion Hearts

Call to Action

05 June 2025

A global call to action to control high blood pressure.
By expanding simple, effective, inexpensive treatment for the one billion people with uncontrolled hypertension globally, we can save tens of millions of lives.

Uncontrolled blood pressure is the deadliest health challenge of our time. It has been severely neglected, despite evidence from countries of every income level that progress is highly achievable and affordable.

We, the undersigned, call for committed, urgent, and coordinated action by governments, funders, and the private sector to improve the global blood pressure control rate from an estimated 21% in 2025 to at least 50% by 2030. This target should be codified in indicators emerging from the 2025 United Nations High-Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases.

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Protecting 1 Billion Hearts

Call to Action

A global call to action to control high blood pressure. By expanding simple, effective, inexpensive treatment for the one billion people with uncontrolled hypertension globally, we can save tens of millions of lives.

A global call to action to control high blood pressure.
By expanding simple, effective, inexpensive treatment for the one billion people with uncontrolled hypertension globally, we can save tens of millions of lives.