Latest News and Updates

New review of hypertension in women from pregnancy to post-menopause
16 Jun 2024

A review published in June 2024 outlines how sex-specific risk factors, including pregnancy and menopause, make women more likely to have more adverse cardiovascular outcomes than men, and how gaps in management outcomes persist between the two sexes. Authors include ISH Past President Alta Schutte.

New ISH podcast released
07 Jun 2024

Hosts Guto Montezano and Mariane Bertagnolli interview three women from the ISH Mentorship and Training Committee, Lebo Gafane-Matemane, Karla Neves and Hamdi Jama, who speak about their career paths, their experience of mentorship and more.

Venue for ISH 2026 Scientific Meeting announced
21 May 2024

The International Society of Hypertension is pleased to announce that our 2026 Scientific Meeting will be held in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from 22 to 25 October 2026.  The meeting will be hosted by the Emirates Cardiac Society (ECS).

‘Poorly controlled blood pressure is the most important factor contributing to loss of kidney function in established kidney disease’
14 Mar 2024

On World Kidney Day 2024, nephrology and hypertension specialist and ISH member Erika Jones writes about the link between hypertension and kidney disease,steps patients can take to help manage the conditions, and the importance of clinicians remaining up to date in the care of people with high blood pressure and kidney disease.

New report aims to improve adherence to blood pressure treatment
30 Jan 2024

The ISH is pleased to support the launch of a new report which aims to improve adherence to treatment for high blood pressure.

HEARTS initiative in the Americas improving hypertension control rates
22 Dec 2023

A new paper outlines how the ‘HEARTS in the Americas’ programme is improving hypertension control rates across Latin America and the Caribbean.