Building capacity in non-physician healthcare workers to implement hypertension management in the primary healthcare settings in nigeria: a multi-state pre-post evaluation of the htn 2.0 training program

Chidubem Okoli 1, Greatness O. Eyenor 1, Kukyem D. Azi 1, Michael U. Ochem 1, Mercy U. Ikechukwu-Orji 1, Anthony Orji 1, Efosa G. Uhunwangho 1, Margareth E. Aba 1, Esther A. Agoji 1, Charity Akor 1, Ahmad A. Mohammad 1, Pamela Ogefere 1, Abdullahi Farouk 1, Oluwatosin Makinde 1, Chinedu Iro 1, Innocent I. Chukwuonye 2, Ejiroghene Martha Umuerri 3, Yekeen A. Ayoola 4, Mahmoud U. Sani 5, Okechukwu S. Ogah 6, Dike B. Ojji 1, Mark D. Huffman 7 Hypertension Investigator’s affiliation 1. Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Abuja, 2. Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria 3. Department of Medicine, Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Nigeria 4. Department of Internal Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, Gombe, Nigeria 5. Department of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. 6. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria 7. Cardiovascular Division and Global Heath Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis Missouri, USA