Hunjan, Isabella http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8793-1251
Umulisa, Alice
Parati, Gianfranco http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9402-7439
Bianchetti, Mario G.
Milani, Gregorio P.
Muvunyi, Bienvenu
Ntaganda, Evariste
Radovanovic, Dragana
Stroppa, Clara
Suter, Paolo
Muggli, Franco
Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerische Herzstiftung
Article History
Received: 19 November 2023
Revised: 31 March 2024
Accepted: 3 April 2024
First Online: 24 April 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests. The project was endorsed by the World Hypertension League.
: The project was approved by the Rwanda National Ethics Committee (RNEC) as “Study for better Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Risk Control in a rural area of the District of Nyaruguru” (RNEC Approval Nr 752/RNEC/2019). It was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki of 1964 and its later amendments.
: Verbal informed consent in Kinyarwanda, the national spoken language, was obtained from all participants.