Prof Nqoba Tsabedze is the academic and clinical head of the Division of Cardiology at the University of the Witwatersrand and Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital. He recently presented on the role of combination therapy when treating patients with hypertension. The following article is based on his presentation.

If we look at the epidemiology and the growing number of adults with raised blood pressure, one can appreciate that not only has the growth been in low- and middle-income countries this...