Brazil Begins Campaign to
Prevent High Blood Pressure
BRASILIA - Brazil's Health Minister José
Gomes Temporao will launch on Monday a
nationwide campaign to prevent high blood
pressure under the slogan " It is a
decision, it is just up to you".
The campaign is headed by Brazilian
Societies of Hypertension, Cardiology and
Nephrology together with the Health Ministry
and aims to make people aware of the
importance of preventing and treating this
disease.
Cardiologist and campaign coordinator Luiz
Bortolotto told local media that this is one
of the main diseases leading to brain
haemorrhage, main cause of death in Brazil.
Some 80 percent of the brain stroke in
Brazil is related to high blood pressure,
said Bortolotto.
High blood pressure affects 5 percent of
Brazilian minors and adolescents, equivalent
to 3.5 million people. Some 60 percent of
people who dies under 60 years of age
suffered from blood pressure.
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