Hypertension: a silent killer and global health crisisListen /
Measure your blood pressure, reduce your risk.
This simple recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) could help millions of people get a handle on hypertension, or high blood pressure.
Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease, kidney failure and blindness, making it the focus of this year's observation of World Health Day on 7 April.
Dianne Penn reports.