Description
Hypertension (HTN) is now responsible for 7.1 million deaths per year worldwide, and largely contributes to cardiovascular and renal diseases such as ischemic heart disease, stroke and chronic kidney disease. Cardiovascular and renal diseases linked to high blood pressure (BP) are the first cause of mortality in Europe with an economic impact cost of approximately 1 billion euros per year. In fact, although most of the adverse outcomes occur in adulthood it has become clear that high BP is a life course problem that can become evident in early life.
While few would dispute the importance of taking effective steps to identify and manage this condition in middle-aged and older people, relatively little attention has been paid to the problem of high BP in children and adolescents.
As a consequence, despite the latest advances and the wide literature on BP in children and adolescents, the solutions to relevant questions are still pending. Thus, scientific and clinical community, as well as decision-makers, stakeholders and the overall society, must face some critical problems related to the high BP in children and adolescents as a cardiovascular risk factor.
The COST Action HyperChildNET is aimed at establishing a European sustainable and multidisciplinary network of internationally renowned researchers, clinicians, early career investigators, health economists, decision-makers, patients, regulatory bodies, nutrition & pharma companies and medical devices manufacturers focusing on acquiring a holistic understanding of the factors affecting high BP in children in order to propose and implement corrective and preventive actions both globally and locally.
Action keywords
blood pressure - children and adolescents - origin, impact and prevention of high blood pressure - clinical guideliness, policies and action plans for high BP
Management Committee
Country | MC Member |
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Albania | |
Albania | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
Croatia | |
Croatia | |
Cyprus | |
Czech Republic | |
Denmark | |
Denmark | |
Estonia | |
Estonia | |
Germany | |
Greece | |
Hungary | |
Hungary | |
Ireland | |
Israel | |
Italy | |
Italy | |
Lithuania | |
Moldova | |
Moldova | |
Norway | |
Norway | |
Poland | |
Poland | |
Portugal | |
Portugal | |
Romania | |
Serbia | |
Slovenia | |
Spain | |
Sweden | |
Switzerland | |
Türkiye | |
Türkiye | |
United Kingdom | |
United Kingdom |
Main Contacts
Action Contacts
COST Staff
Leadership
Role | Leader |
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Action Chair | |
Action Vice-Chair | |
Grant Holder Scientific Representative | |
Science Communication Coordinator | |
WG1 Leader | |
WG2 Leader | |
WG3 Leader | |
WG4 Leader | |
WG5 Leader |
Additional roles
Role | Leader |
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ITC CG Coordinator | |
STSM Coordinator |
Working Groups
Number | Title | Leader |
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1 | Blood pressure measurement DEVICES | |
2 | Blood pressure REFERENCE VALUES and definition of blood pressure categories | |
3 | IMPACT of high BP on target organ damage in children and adolescents | |
4 | PREVENTION of high BP in children and adolescents | |
5 | DISSEMINATION and awareness |
Membership
Name | Working Group | Country |
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WG 1 | Israel | |
WG 1 | Greece | |
WG 1 | Spain | |
WG 1 | Netherlands | |
WG 1 | Ireland | |
WG 1 | Cyprus | |
WG 1 | North Macedonia | |
WG 1, WG 5 | Cyprus | |
WG 2 | Italy | |
WG 2 | Hungary | |
WG 2 | Denmark | |
WG 2 | Croatia | |
WG 2 | Sweden | |
WG 2 | Spain | |
WG 2 | Israel | |
WG 2 | ||
WG 2 | Türkiye | |
WG 2 | Spain | |
WG 2, WG 3 | Poland | |
WG 2 | Czechia | |
WG 2 | Hungary | |
WG 2 | Spain | |
WG 3 | Poland | |
WG 3 | Lithuania | |
WG 3 | Denmark | |
WG 3 | Switzerland | |
WG 3 | Slovenia | |
WG 3 | Serbia | |
WG 3 | Poland | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3 | Germany | |
WG 3, WG 4 | Albania | |
WG 3 | Norway | |
WG 3 | ||
WG 3 | Moldova | |
WG 3 | Spain | |
WG 4 | Poland | |
WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 4 | Croatia | |
WG 4 | Estonia | |
WG 4 | Estonia | |
WG 4 | Italy | |
WG 4 | Poland | |
WG 4 | Croatia | |
WG 4 | Serbia | |
WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 4 | Spain | |
WG 4, WG 5 | Albania | |
WG 4 | Croatia | |
WG 4 | Poland | |
WG 4, WG 5 | Cyprus | |
WG 5 | ||
WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 5 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
WG 5 | Spain | |
WG 5 | United Kingdom | |
WG 5 | United Kingdom | |
WG 5 | Spain | |
WG 5 | Türkiye | |
WG 5 | ||
WG 5 | Spain | |
WG 5 | Poland |