Guidelines for treatment of hypertension in Latin America: The Brazilian experience

Treatment of hypertension in most countries of Latin America, in general, f ollows the recommendations of guidelines generated by both: the National In stitute of Health of the United States of America (Joint National Committee ) and the World Hearth Organization together with the International Society of Hypertension. Few countries of Latin America, as Brazil, in the last ye ars have generated their own guidelines for detection, evaluation and treat ment of hypertension. Its described the braziliam experience in generates a nd distributes a guideline for treatment of hypertensive. It is also discus sed the difficulties and the needs to a succesfully implement the recommend ations of guideline for treatment of chronic diseases, such as hypertension .