Hypertension burden: Experts raise concern as cost of drugs soars

The Nigerian Hypertension Society, NHS, has called connected the Federal Government and the National Health Insurance Agency, NHIA, to prioritise the availability and affordability of antihypertensive medicines.

It warned that the precocious outgo of attraction is making it hard for galore Nigerians surviving with hypertension to negociate the information effectively.

The nine said the entreaty became indispensable due to the fact that hypertension is simply a lifelong illness that requires continuous attraction and management, making entree to affordable medicine critical, particularly amid Nigeria’s existent economical challenges.

The President of the Nigerian Hypertension Society, Prof. Simeon A. Isezuo, made the telephone portion speaking astatine a property briefing on Monday in Port Harcourt.

According to him, the rising load of hypertension successful Nigeria remained a large nationalist wellness concern, with galore affected persons either unaware of their information oregon incapable to support their humor unit nether control.

“In fact, 1 successful each big Nigerians has hypertension. And sadly, astir little than on...