Lancet Commission on Hypertension Group, London, UK

Dinesh Neupane, Christian Delles, James E. Sharman & Michael H. Olsen

Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

Dinesh Neupane

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA

Qaiser Mukhtar

CDC Foundation, Atlanta, GA, USA

Elizabeth Kay Krajan Pardo

Graham Technologies LLC, Upper Marlboro, MD, USA

Sushama D. Acharya

Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Christian Delles

Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia

James E. Sharman

Resolve to Save Lives, New York, NY, USA

Laura Cobb & Andrew Moran

World Hypertension League, Charleston, SC, USA

Daniel T. Lackland & Michael A. Weber

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA

Daniel T. Lackland

State University of New York, New York, NY, USA

Michael A. Weber

Department of Internal Medicine, Holbaek Hospital, Holbaek, Denmark

Michael H. Olsen

Department of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Michael H. Olsen

DN wrote the initial draft of the Editorial. QM, DN, EK, SDA, CD, JES, LKC, DTL, AEM, MAW, and MHO are collaborating partners who contributed to the conception and design of this mentorship program; they also provided critical feedback to the final draft of the Editorial. All authors contributed to this Editorial’s development and approved the final version.