, Dec. 23 -- Hypertension is increasingly shifting from high-income countries to low- and middle-income nations including Bangladesh, posing a serious public health challenge, speakers said at a seminar in the capital on Tuesday.

The trend was highlighted with reference to a World Health Organization (WHO) report at a seminar titled "Hypertension Control in Bangladesh: Progress, Barriers and the Way Forward," held at the Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA) building.

The event was organised by PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) with support from the Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) and attended by journalists from print, television and online media.

Citing a WHO report released in September, speakers said around 33 percent of peopl...