Kingsley Akinroye
26 May 2022
Medical experts have warned that more than one billion people are living with hypertension and the figure is estimated to increase to 1.5 billion by 2025.
17 May 2022
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the World Hypertension Day, which has as theme ‘Measure your blood pressure accurately, control it, live longer,’ medical experts, including the World Health Organisation..
11 Mar 2022
The Nigeria Heart Foundation (NHF) has disclosed plans to organise a national submit on food, drinks and cardiovascular health in the country.
14 Oct 2021
As part of efforts to reduce rising cases and deaths due to heart diseases in the country, the Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) has partnered with Nollywood stars to create more awareness on heart diseases...
2 Jun 2021
The ministries of Health as well as Finance, Budget and National Planning are working together to upwardly review taxes on tobacco in a bid to make the product unaffordable.
27 May 2021
Unconfirmed reports suggest that more people, especially the elderly, die in March, from complications of non-communicable diseases such as heart attack and stroke, than any other month of the year.
10 Oct 2019
Medical experts have identified Non Communicable Diseases (NCD) as the leading causes of morbidity and mortality, stressed on the need for increased physical activities to improve health and wellbeing.
17 May 2018
MedicalL experts have alerted to rise in use of tobacco products and smoking among youths in Nigeria even as they blamed lack of political will by governments at all levels to enact and implement anti tobacco law.
27 Apr 2017
To curb the prevalence of Non Communicable Diseases in Nigeria, the Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) has called for more government policies on physical activities in public places, just as it launched its 2016 Nigerian Report Card on Physical Activity for children and youths
7 Dec 2016
Cooking oil brand, Mamador, has joined hands with Nigerian Heart Foundation (NHF) to promote healthy heart habits among Nigerians.
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