Dar es Salaam, May 18 -- FOUR out of ten people in the country are suffering from hypertension, a rising alarm that has forced the government to step up the treatment scope by allowing dispensaries to start offering the services.

In dealing with the rising cases of hypertension diseases, the government has endorsed the treatment services at dispensary levels by allowing them to dispense two medicines at primary levels.

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday during the marking of the World Hypertension Day, Minister for Health, Ms Ummy Mwalimu said hypertension is a leading non-communicable disease (NCD) in the country.

She said according to a community surveillance conducted recently, cases of hypertension diseases have doubled in five yea...