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September 2, 2019
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.
Cardiovasculardiseases or heart diseases are disorders of the heart and blood vessels  inclucing coronary, cerebrovascular andrheumatic heart diseases among other conditions.
Accordingto the World Health Organisation,WHO, cardiovascular diseases are the numberone cause of death accounting for 17.5 million deaths annually with high bloodpressure found to be the leading risk factor for CVDs.
A2018 research by WHO also indicates that cardiovascular diseases’ prevalencerate in Nigeria currently stands at 11 per cent.
Moronkolasaid that government policies that would regulate the amount of salt allowed inprepackaged foods sold to consumers would serve to prevent the development ofheart diseases.