Mr Tinubu said Africa’s effective collaboration with the rest of the world to tackle existential health challenges is a moral imperative.
“The PHC should be linked to a secondary care facility to ease referrals of cases requiring more expert attention.”
The Diabetes Association of Nigeria said that about 537 million people were recorded living with the disease globally.
“The health system has completely collapsed, the Gaza Strip has run out of drugs for cancer, diabetes, and kidney failure, and there is an acute shortage of medical supplies.”
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has disclosed plans to educate secondary school students on the dangers of drug abuse in the state.
NHF has called for collective efforts to address the country’s high hypertension burden as Nigeria commemorates Wednesday’s 2023 World Hypertension Day.
Millions of people around the world do not get enough exercise, and this could have devastating consequences, WHO has warned.
The current estimate of 3.5 million living with the disease in Nigeria is probably understated due to poor diagnosis in many African countries.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that over 80 per cent of Africa’s population relies on traditional medicine for their primary health needs.
African health ministers have endorsed a new strategy to boost access to the diagnosis, treatment and care of severe noncommunicable diseases.
