Keywords: Hypertension, Non-communicable Diseases, Descriptive, High-risk Population, Makindye, Social Determinants, Prevalence, Fatalities.

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Source of Funding:

This study received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.

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The authors declare that they have no competing interests related to this work.

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Authors' contributions:

All the authors made an equal contribution in the Conception and design of the work, Data collection, Drafting the article, and Critical revision of the article. All the authors have read and approved the final copy of the manuscript.

Ethical Approval:

This study was approved by the ethics committee of the Cavendish University, Uganda.

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Not applicable for this study.

Informed Consent:

Individual permission was sought from respondents before the interviews, information about the study including its benefits and likely effects, were communicated to the respondents and participation upon verbal informed consent.