Prof Igor Rudan: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- director of the Centre for Global Health Research at Edinburgh University's Usher Institute
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 10 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“The nearly twofold increase in childhood high blood pressure over 20 years should raise alarm bells for healthcare providers and caregivers.”
What Prof Igor Rudan has said
“We must start monitoring this so we can understand the scale of the problem and start thinking about what to do.”
co-head of the Centre for Global Health at the University of Edinburgh · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Call for routine high blood pressure testing of UK children as cases almost double ↗
Where Prof Igor Rudan has been quoted
- High blood pressure rates in children nearly doubled in 20 years, global review findstheguardian.com · 10 Sept 2026
- Call for routine high blood pressure testing of UK children as cases almost doubletheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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