Bangladesh, Nov. 11 -- They warned that inadequate funding was disrupting the regular supply of free anti-hypertensive medicines at community clinics and NCD corners in Upazila Health Complexes, putting patients at risk of serious complications, including strokes and heart disease.

The call came at a workshop titled "Sustainable Financing for Hypertension Control in Bangladesh: Progress, Barriers and the Way Forward", organised by research and advocacy organisation PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress), with support from the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI), at the BIP Conference Room in Dhaka.

According to information presented at the workshop, approximately 283,800 people died from cardiovascular diseases in Bangladesh in 2024, with...