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Hypertension Control Program


Phase II (January 01, 2021 to August 31, 2022)


The program will be conducted in collaboration with NCDC Program, Directorate of Health Services of Government of Bangladesh in 54 sub-districts of Sylhet, Dhaka and Mymensingh division. A tripartite MoU among NCDC, DGHS, NHFB and RTSL has been signed to continue the current pilot program and scale up to other sub-districts which will be an important step in implementation of the multi-sectoral action plan for NCD control adopted by Government of Bangladesh. The population size in each subdistricts (Upazila) range from 200,000 to 400,000. Primary health care services are delivered by 50-bed Upazila Health Complex (UZHC) and number of Union Health Centers (UHC) (7 to 9) and Community Clinics (CC) (26 to 34) in each of the sub-districts. Estimated population of the program area is about 14,742,306 with adult population of 9,729,922 and estimated hypertensive people of about 2,043,284 will be covered by this program. Detail description of the population is as below.


Total Program Area, target population and estimated hypertensive patients
Name of Districts Total Program Area (Sq. Km) Estimated Total Population in 2021 Estimated adult Population Estimated Hypertensive patients
All 16313.01 14,742,306 9,729,922 2,043,284
Sylhet Division 12298.4 10041492 6627385 1391751
Habiganj district except Sadar sub-district* 2282.84 2191650 1446489 303763
Maulvibazar district except Sadar sub-district 2257.84 2025269 1336678 280703
Sunamganj district except Sadar sub-district 3409.96 2265440 1495191 313990
Sylhet district except Sadar sub-district 3167.23 3559133 2349028 493296
Kishoreganj district of Dhaka division except Sadar sub-district 2451.23 2579018 1702152 425538
Jamalpur district of Mymensingh division except Sadar sub-district 1563.38 2121796 1400386 294081

Sadar sub-district is sub-districts which have administrative areas encompassing district headquarter areas. In general, in a district headquarter is considered urban area and a government district hospital serve the population for both primary and secondary care. However, they are directly supervised by Civil surgeon, head of district health service and not considered as primary care center.


RESOLVE Bangladesh Map
Last Update 26/01/2021
Phase I (Two years 3 months (October 2018-December 2020))

The program will be conducted in collaboration with NCDC Program, Directorate of Health Services of Government of Bangladesh in 54 sub-districts of Sylhet, Dhaka and Mymensingh division. A tripartite MoU among NCDC, DGHS, NHFB and RTSL has been signed to continue the current pilot program and scale up to other sub-districts which will be an important step in implementation of the multi-sectoral action plan for NCD control adopted by Government of Bangladesh. The population size in each subdistricts (Upazila) range from 200,000 to 400,000. Primary health care services are delivered by 50-bed Upazila Health Complex (UZHC) and number of Union Health Centers (UHC) (7 to 9) and Community Clinics (CC) (26 to 34) in each of the sub-districts. Estimated population of the program area is about 14,742,306 with adult population of 9,729,922 and estimated hypertensive people of about 2,043,284 will be covered by this program. Detail description of the population is as below.

National heart foundation of Bangladesh has been relentlessly working for prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases for a long time. The institute has now taken up “Strengthening of Hypertension Detection, Treatment and Follow-up at PHC system: A Pilot Project in Bangladesh”.

This project is in collaboration with DGHS Bangladesh and currently being conducted in four Upazilas of Sylhet district (upazila health complexes and community clinics in

  • ♦ Beanibazar
  • ♦ Bishawanath
  • ♦ Fenchuganj
  • ♦ Golapganj

Sociodemography of the Implementation Sites:

Total Program Area, target population and estimated hypertensive patients
Upazila Total Population Male Fmale Adult(≥18 years)
Beanibazar 2,53,370 1,22,736 1,27,716 1,36,788
Bishawanath 2,41,467 1,20,191 1,21,276 1,55,119
Fenchuganj 1,38,881 70,449 68,432 55,118
Golapganj 3,16,149 1,54,249 1,61,900 1,54,404
TOTAL 949,867 467,625 479,324 501,429

RESOLVE to Save Lives: Hypertension Control Program has high potential for increasing community level hypertension control rate and thus contribution to reduction of disability and premature deaths. Lessons learned can be applied for scaling up the program nationally.