The Federal Government of Nigeria has launched the National Guideline for Sodium Reduction, a policy designed to tackle excessive salt consumption and reduce the growing burden of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases in the country.
Around 30 million Lagosians are unaware they have hypertension, diabetes, and obesity, according to new Lagos State government data.
The President of the NIS highlighted that the South-East geopolitical zone in Nigeria bears the highest burden of hypertension in the country.
