Heart attacks, strokes, and cardiac arrests spiking across Nigeria because folks dodge routine check-ups? Anambra First Lady Dr. Nonye Soludo sounded the alarm Monday in Awka, pinning the crisis on neglect, ignorance, and bad habits fueling over 17.9 million global CVD deaths yearly per WHO.
As founder of the Healthy Living Initiative, she spotlighted preventable triggers like tobacco, junk food, obesity, couch-potato lifestyles, and booze binges—urging regular exercise, organic eats, and frequent heart scans, especially for those with family risks, to dodge sudden, untreatable strikes.
Her NGO pushes a wellbeing culture to sidestep CVD traps and poor diets—prevention beats acute-stage panic every time!
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