This was contained in statement on Wednesday in Abuja, jointly signed by Bernard Enyia, the Coalition Co-chair and Secretary General of the Diabetes Association and Vivianne Ihekweazu, Co-Chair and Managing Director of Nigeria Health Watch.
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The WHO, in its 2019 Global Health Estimates posted on its website, stated that NCDs made up seven of the world’s top 10 causes of death, a sharp increase from two decades ago.
Dr Sonny Kuku, President of the organisation, made this known at the flag off of the Third Global Week for Action on NCDs in the country.
It can be very painful facing the reality of the death of loved ones in their prime age especially when some of them even left parents behind.