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Self-care practice is an activities that hypertensive patient undertakes with the intention of improving health. Evidence shows that poor self-care practice can lead to uncontrolled hypertension. Due to uncontrolled hypertension by 2015 in Africa, 146500 people died in west sub-Saharan Africa, 185500 people died in East sub-Saharan Africa. Seventy four thausend six hundred died in south sub Saharan Africa and 60700 died in central Sub-Saharan Africa and in our country Ethiopia 42900 people died. However, there is limited information on self-care practice either in Ethiopia in general or in Harar town public health facilities in particular. |
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