A new World Health Organization report estimates that 6.8 million Moroccans aged 30 to 79 suffer from hypertension, representing 35 percent of the adult population in that bracket, almost identical to the global average of 34 percent.
Yet the most alarming finding is that nearly nine in ten patients in Morocco cannot control their condition, leaving them exposed to heart attacks, strokes, and other life-threatening complications.
The study shows marked gender differences: 15 percent of women with hypertension manage their illness compared to only 7 percent of men, and women are also more likely to be diagnosed.
Overall, just 45 percent of Moroccan patients know they have the disease, underscoring weaknesses in early detection.
Hypertension already caused more than 252,000 deaths in Morocco in 2021, according to WHO data, and the economic burden of cardiovascular disease across low- and middle-income countries is projected at $3.7 trillion by 2025, straining fragile health systems.
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