One out of five Nigerians is at risk of premature death occasioned by cardiovascular heart diseases such as heart attack, stroke or diabetic complications.
This is the assertion of the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole who spoke recently at the First Annual Black Tie Gala, which was organised by the Tristate Heart Foundation (THF).
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The event, which was used to raise N500 million to support cardiovascular care in Nigeria, was chaired by the former Osun State Governor, Chief Bisi Akande. Adewole who gave the keynote speech, quoted a 2014 report which shows that cardiovascular deceases killed 17.5million people globally. He said hypertension is the leading cardiovascular decease in Nigeria and can result in stroke if untreated.
An extrapolation from a 1997 report put the prevalence of hypertension at over 20 per cent. Current estimates, he said, show that death rate from stroke is 40 to 50 per cent within the first three months of diagnoses, while 39 per cent of those who survived stroke after three months died within a year, with 12 per cent developing severe disability.
THF’s sister organisation, the Tristate Cardiovascular Association (TCA), which operates the Tristate Heart and Vascular Centre, has done over 100 open heart surgeries and numerous cardiac interventions, with 60 per cent of the patients unable to pay their bills.
At the event were Governors Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, Rauf Aregbesola, Osun State, Ibukunle Amosun, Ogun State and Abiola Ajimobi, Oyo State, all of whom made donations towards cardiovascular care.
He said the economic loss from heart diseases was estimated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) at $400million in 2005, and is projected to rise to $8billion in the next 10 years.
“Unless we take drastic and sustained actions, we will keep counting losses,” he said. According to Akande, the foundation was set up to tackle the incidence of deaths from heart deceases, which he said accounts for premature death of about 17.3million people every year.
Source:
The Newtelegraph News
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