One in every four adults in Bangladesh is suffering from hypertension, experts in a webinar have said.

On the occasion of World Heart Day 2024, public health experts and heart specialists highlighted several issues in the webinar, titled “Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease Risk,” organized by PROGGA (Knowledge for Progress) with support from Global Health Advocacy Incubator (GHAI) on Sunday. This year's theme for the day is “Use Heart for Action.”

They said cardiovascular disease was the leading cause of death globally, with hypertension being one of the major contributing factors. 

They added that heart disease was responsible for 34% of all deaths in Bangladesh, a large number of which were preventable.