<p>Hypertension is a major cause of premature death worldwide. Evaluating a surveillance system promotes the best use of data collection resources and ensures that systems operate effectively. It allows us to determine whether a specific system is useful for a particular public health initiative and is achieving the goals of the public health program and the data collection objectives. Ethiopian hypertension control initiatives were recently launched (2019) and implemented in limited health facilities. Therefore, this evaluation is aimed at the hypertension surveillance system of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.&nbsp;</p>