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50 percent of Abia population are hypertensive – Govt

The Abia State government has raised an alarm, saying that half of the state’s population is hypertensive. Consequently, the government has flagged off hypertension and … Continue reading 50 percent of Abia population are hypertensive – Govt


The Abia State government has raised an alarm, saying that half of the state’s population is hypertensive.

Consequently, the government has flagged off hypertension and diabetes awareness control and treatment programme.

The programme is expected to screen and treat about 10, 000 hypertensive and diabetic patients in Abia.

Lamenting that non-communicable diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes,  were increasingly becoming major public health concern that now posed serious threat to human race, the Governor’s wife, Mrs. Orji regretted that many people were dying daily from hypertension, diabetes and other related diseases.

In his address, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Okechukwu Ogar, regretted the effects of the diseases which had killed many people due to their long gestation period.

According to Ogar, of 1.5 billion people worldwide affected by the diseases, seven million die yearly of the hypertension, making it the biggest risk factor for death in all parts of the world.

The commissioner further disclosed that half of the state population had hypertension and that many of them did not know they had the disease.