The above was the thrust of this year’s World Hypertension Day, marked yesterday, in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. National President of Nigerian Hypertension Society , Prof. Ayodele Omotosho, told reporters that high blood pressure patients are responding positively to modern drugs.
The Secretary-General, Prof. Kolawole Wahab, advocated early detection as surest way of reducing complications. He noted: “The proportion of Nigerians with hypertension is high, while awareness, treatment and control rates are low, despite availability of potent drugs.
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