Health screening for emerging and non-communicable disease burdens among the global poor : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics) Ciancio, Alberto, author. Kämpfen, Fabrice, author. Kohler, Hans-Peter, author. Kohler, Iliana V., author. Developing Countries Hypertension -- diagnosis Mass Screening Among adults in rural Malawi, population health screening for high blood pressure (BP) led to a 22-percentage point drop in the likelihood of being hypertensive four years later. Individuals with elevated BP received a referral letter upon initial screening; at follow-up, they had lower BP and higher self-reported mental health than individuals with similar BP who were just below the threshold for referral. Population health screenings can reduce the burden of non-communicable diseases in low-income countries. Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, January 2021 Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body. Technical Report Text Illustrations 1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 unnumbered pages)) nlm:nlmuid-101777565-pdf 101777565 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101777565 English Africa South of the Sahara Malawi Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0