Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries are experiencing one of the most rapid epidemiological transitions but their health systems are more oriented to the management of infectious diseases [7–9]. Effective management of HTN in SSA is challenging due to limited resources, particularly human resources for health [10, 11]. In 2009, for example, it was estimated that there were 2 physicians and 11 nurses/midwives available per 10,000 populations in SSA compared with 19 physicians and 49 nurses/midwives per 10,000 populations in North America. In 2009, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the total number of physicians was estimated at 5827 (1 physician per 10,000 population) and the total number of nurses at 28,789 (5 nurses per 10,000 population) .