The trend in blood pressure and hypertension prevalence in the general population of South Kivu between 2012 and 2016: Results from two representative cross-sectional surveys—The Bukavu observational study

• Philippe Bianga Katchunga ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: philkatch@yahoo.fr, philkatch69@gmail.com

  Affiliations Observatory NCDs VLIR-UOS/UCB, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, South-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Reference Provincial General Hospital of Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Patrick Mirindi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Observatory NCDs VLIR-UOS/UCB, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Bukavu, Bukavu, South-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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• Arsene Baleke,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Institut de Technique Médicale, Hôpital Général de Référence de Katana, Katana, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Théodore Ntaburhe,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Institut de Technique Médicale, Hôpital Général de Référence de Katana, Katana, Democratic Republic of Congo

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• Marc Twagirumukiza,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

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• Jean-René M’buyamba-Kabangu

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation University of Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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