Background: Hypertension also called high blood pressure is the sustained elevation of the blood pressure to > 140/90 mmHg. It is the leading worldwide risk factor for cardiovascular disease and deaths. It is responsible for 13% of the total deaths and 7% of the global burden of disease. This can be easily reduced by strictly adapting the different mechanisms of hypertension self-care practices such as; adherence to prescribed anti-hypertension medications, lowering of salt diets, consumption of a balanced diet, avoiding harmful use of alcohol, performing regular physical exercises, and ceasing of tobacco smoking