15.6M NIGERIANS SUFFER FROM DIABETES – NMA


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As Nigeria marks the 2016 World Health Day today, the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has disclosed that at least 15.6 million Nigerians suffer diabetes, with a total of 40,000 diabetes related deaths in 2015, indicating a high prevalence of the disease in the country in recent times.
In a press release signed by the national president of the NMA, Dr. Kayode Obembe, and sent to Nigerian Pilot yesterday in Abuja to mark the event in the country, the association further noted that with the national prevalence of 1.9 percent patients spend up to N53,000 annually for treatment of the disease.
According to the release, the NMA further noted that “despite the forewarning by epidemiologists of the ‘epidemic’ of non-communicable diseases of which diabetes and obesity are front runners, and the flag-off of a nationwide campaign for healthy living and periodic medical check-ups in 2013 by the NMA, not much has been done to chart a national response to Halt the Rise of Diabetes.”
The association noted that the aim on WHD was to increase awareness about the rising prevalence of diabetes and its confounding burden and implications, especially in low and middle income countries, initiate and scale up a set of specific, effective and affordable activities to tackle the scourge of diabetes, including steps to prevent diabetes and diagnose, treat and care for people with diabetes.




Check the Pilot newspaper for the full story.







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