Dhaka, Oct. 28 -- Speakers at a workshop on Tuesday said though one-fourth of the population is still suffering from hypertension the ongoing initiatives are not enough to reduce the growing burden.

They said this at a two-day workshop for journalists titled "Hypertension Control in Bangladesh: Progress, Challenges and Way Forward" started on 27th October at the capital's BMA Bhaban.

They said uninterrupted supply of anti-hypertensive medicine must be ensured at all community clinics and upazila health complexes.

The workshop was organised by research and advocacy organization PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) with support from Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI).

Twenty-three journalists working in print, television and online medi...