– As stakeholders seek subsidy on drugs
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
The federal government has come up with policies and guidelines to ensure early detection, management, and prevention of hypertension amongst citizens.
Also, in view of the high incidence of sudden deaths resulting from hypertension in the country, some stakeholders involved in the execution programmes to address Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have made a case for free drugs to patients battling hypertension.
Head of Cardiovascular Diseases and Tobacco Control, under the Division of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Department of Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr. Malau M. Toma, said that as part of the policy, primary healthcare facilities are being strengthened to provide first level of care for the diagnosis and management of mild hypertension cases
