Nigeria: Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts over one billion people at risk – WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO), in its second Global Hypertension Report, said that 1.4 billion people lived with hypertension in 2024, yet just over one in five have it under control either through medication or addressing modifiable health risks.

The new report, which was unveiled at an event co-hosted by WHO, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Resolve to Save Lives during the 80th United Nations General Assembly, also said that only 28 per cent of low-income countries report having all…