Hypertension is the leading cause of disability and cardiovascular mortality world-wide. Approximately one-third of the US adult population and over a billion people world-wide have hypertension. Despite increased awareness of hypertension and availability of many effective antihypertensive agents, only one third of patients achieve their target blood pressure (BP). All expert panels now recomm...

Materials and methods 1681 HIV positive patients accessing care at Suntreso STI/HIV Clinic in Kumasi, who have been on treatment for more than 12 months and consented to participate were recruited for this cross sectional study. They were interviewed using semi-structured pre-texted questionnaire prior to the commencement of the new fixed dose combination ARVs treatment regime. Data was entered...