Hypertension Canada’s 2016 Canadian Hypertension Education Program guidelines for pharmacists

Abstract

The Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) has been preparing and publishing guidelines for diagnosis and management of hypertension since 1999.1 The 2016 guidelines,2 released earlier this year, mark the 18th yearly production and update of evidence to date in the area of hypertension. Those guidelines, among other Hypertension Canada activities, can be considered as major contributors to the high levels of awareness and control of hypertension in Canada.3,4 Indeed, it has been reported that Canada has higher levels of awareness, treatment and control and lower prevalence of hypertension when compared with the United States and England.3