Nigeria: Don advocates health policy reforms, early diagnosis to combat heart diseases

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Adeseye Akintunde, has advocated early diagnosis and comprehensive national policy reforms to address the rising burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) across sub-Saharan Africa.

Akintunde made the call while delivering the 64th inaugural lecture of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso.

In his lecture titled ‘The Heart and its Venomous Whispers of Disorders’, Akintunde said cardiovascular diseases were the leading cause of…