In the United States, checking your blood pressure is considered a routine, and the means are available practically for free. But in most underdeveloped economies of the world blood pressure checkup do cost money, time, and sometimes scheduled traveling to the hospital. Over the past two years, I've conducted several blood pressure clinics in the remote regions of Nigeria, Republic of Benin, and Ghana. One common complain was the lack of available tools to provide such service, and where available people do have to travel to the hospitals where the distance could be up to 20 miles away. Life should not be lived this way, said one of the patient's I saw at the Upper Volta Region of Ghana this year. The tools we need are simple: blood pressure cuffs, and stethoscopes it can be manually operated or digital standard.
The past two years, I've donated more than one hundred BP cuffs and Stethoscopes to small communities in Ugbegun, and Opoji, Ishan of Edo State, Nigeria and to the Upper Volta Region of Ghana to make sure that people are aware of their hypertension level. BP checkup is the primary entry level into the hospital before any major tratment can be provided. Tell me what you think.
