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Raised blood pressure (hypertension) is the leading cause of death globally, affecting more than 1.4 billion people and accounting for more than 28,000 deaths each day 1,2

The George Institute for Global Health has today confirmed key research projects will go ahead as part of its plan to support the national research effort to fight COVID-19.

A nationwide intervention to replace regular household salt with potassium-enriched salt substitutes in China could prevent nearly half a million cardiovascular deaths per year, according to a new modelling study published in the British Medical Journal