A consultant cardiologist, Ramon Moronkola, has called on government authourities to formulate policies directed at protecting citizens from cardiovascular diseases .
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Moronkola, who practises medicine at Kleinburg Medical Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, spoke with Newsmen on Monday in Lagos.
Cardiovascular diseases or heart diseases are disorders of the heart and blood vessels inclucing coronary, cerebrovascular and rheumatic heart diseases among other conditions.
According to the World Health Organisation,WHO, cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death accounting for 17.5 million deaths annually with high blood pressure found to be the leading risk factor for CVDs.
A 2018 research by WHO also indicates that cardiovascular diseases’ prevalence rate in Nigeria currently stands at 11 per cent.
Moronkola
said that government policies that would regulate the amount of salt allowed in
prepackaged foods sold to consumers would serve to prevent the development of
heart diseases.
