Paediatric hypertension in South Africa: An underestimated problem calling for action

J Kagura; K K Ong; L S Adair; J M Pettifor; S A Norris

doi:10.7196/SAMJ.2018.v108i9.13317

Editorial

Paediatric hypertension in South Africa: An underestimated problem calling for action

J Kagura, K K Ong, L S Adair, J M Pettifor, S A Norris

Authors' affiliations

J Kagura, MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

K K Ong, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, UK

L S Adair, Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

J M Pettifor, MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

S A Norris, MRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa