Bangladesh is facing a growing public health challenge as one in four adults, or 23.5 percent, suffers from hypertension, according to the Bangladesh NCD STEPS Survey 2022. The condition is now the country’s leading disease, responsible for a large share of heart-related deaths. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics’ 2025 survey found hypertension at the top of the ten most common diseases, while WHO data show that over half of affected adults are unaware of their condition and only 16 percent manage it effectively through regular medication.
The World Health Organization’s 2025 report indicates that 1.4 billion people aged 30–79 worldwide live with hypertension, with most residing in low- and middle-income countries. In Bangladesh, inadequate funding—only 4.2 percent of the health budget goes to noncommunicable disease control—has hindered consistent medicine supply to community clinics. The government has introduced several initiatives, including adding amlodipine to the community clinic medicine list and expanding NCD corners across the country.
Health officials say ensuring uninterrupted drug supply and inter-ministerial cooperation will be crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of reducing premature deaths from noncommunicable diseases by one-third by 2030.
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