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Implementation of Single-Pill Combination Medication for Hypertension Treatment by Nonphysician Health Care Workers at Primary Healthcare Facilities in Nigeria: An Explanatory Mixed Methods Study Cover

Implementation of Single-Pill Combination Medication for Hypertension Treatment by Nonphysician Health Care Workers at Primary Healthcare Facilities in Nigeria: An Explanatory Mixed Methods Study

Open Access
|Dec 2025

Authors

Emmanuel I. Okpetu

emmaokpetu@gmail.com

Department of Medical Social Sciences and Health Science Integrated Program (Health Services and Outcomes Research) Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois, US; Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital

Chisom Obiezu-Umeh

chisom.obiezuumeh@northwestern.edu

Department of Medical Social Sciences Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Boni M. Ale

bonimaximeale@gmail.com

Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, NG; Holo Global Health Research Institute, Nairobi

Abigail S. Baldridge

abigail.baldridge@northwestern.edu

Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Rosemary C. B. Okoli

rcbokoli@gmail.com

Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital

Grace J. Shedul

shedulinks@gmail.com

Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, NG; School of Integrated Sciences, Sustainability, and Public Health, College of Health, Science, and Technology, University of Illinois, Springfield

Gabriel L. Shedul

lamkur.shedul@northwestern.edu

Department of Medical Social Sciences and Health Science Integrated Program (Health Services and Outcomes Research) Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois, US; Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital

Nanna R. Ripiye

ripiyenr@gmail.com

Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital

Ikechukwu A. Orji

drtony2013@gmail.com

Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital

Lisa R. Hirschhorn

lisa.hirschhorn@northwestern.edu

Department of Medical Social Sciences Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; Robert J. Havey Institute for Global Health, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

Dike B. Ojji

dike.ojji@uniabuja.edu.ng

Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Clinical Sciences University of Abuja, Abuja

Mark D. Huffman

m.huffman@wustl.edu

Division of Cardiology and Global Health Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, USA; School of Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, US; The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW, Sydney

on behalf of the Hypertension Treatment in Nigeria Program Investigators

emmaokpetu@gmail.com

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1507 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 27, 2025
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Accepted on: Dec 4, 2025
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Published on: Dec 22, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Emmanuel I. Okpetu, Chisom Obiezu-Umeh, Boni M. Ale, Abigail S. Baldridge, Rosemary C. B. Okoli, Grace J. Shedul, Gabriel L. Shedul, Nanna R. Ripiye, Ikechukwu A. Orji, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Dike B. Ojji, Mark D. Huffman, on behalf of the Hypertension Treatment in Nigeria Program Investigators, published by Ubiquity Press
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