May Measurement Month (MMM) is a global awareness campaign initiated by the International Society of Hypertension (ISH), which represents the world’s leading scientists, clinicians, health care providers and allied health care workers, all with a common interest in hypertension (high blood pressure) research.

Medtronic Labs Empower Health team which runs the Empower Health program (aka Akomapa) teamed up with Samartex Hospital to jointly have a one-week screening event with Samartex Hospital outreach Team, to screen members of the community as well as Samartex workers. The event was successful and over 900 patients were screened. Basic clinical data was collected including weight and height and they were also educated on how to live a healthy lifestyle in communities like Mumuni, Woman No Good, Bekwai and Aboifie.

Those whose BPs were found to be elevated were referred to the hospital for further evaluation.