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Medication reconciliation studies from high\u2010income countries have demonstrated a high occurrence of antihypertensive medication errors and a strong association between medication errors and inadequate blood pressure control, but data from low\u2010 and middle\u2010income countries are lacking.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec xml:lang=\"en\">\n            <jats:title>Methods and Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p xml:lang=\"en\">\n              We conducted a cross\u2010sectional study from April to October 2018 of adult patients on pharmacologic management for known hypertension at 7 public health facilities in Kweneng East District, Botswana. Our aims included to evaluate the frequency of uncontrolled hypertension, the frequency and type of medication errors causing discrepancies between patient\u2010reported and prescribed antihypertensive medications, and the association between medication errors and uncontrolled hypertension. Descriptive analyses and multivariable logistic regression were used. The prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension was 55% among 280 enrolled adult patients, and 95 (34%) had \u22651 medication error. The most common errors included patients taking medications incorrectly (11.1%; 31\/280), patients omitting medications (7.9%; 22\/280), and unfilled prescriptions caused by pharmacy stock outs (7.5%%; 21\/280). Uncontrolled hypertension was significantly associated with having \u22651 medication error compared with no errors (adjusted odds ratio, 3.26; 95% CI, 1.75\u20136.06;\n              <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n              &lt;0.001).\n            <\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec xml:lang=\"en\">\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p xml:lang=\"en\">Medication errors are strongly associated with poor blood pressure control in this setting. 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