Nigerians spend over $1.26 billion yearly, treating cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), cancer and diabetes, which are responsible for nearly 30 per cent of all deaths yearly in the country.
This was disclosed by Healthy Food Policy Youth Vanguard (HFPYV) in a statement signed by Mr Afeez Adebayo, yesterday. It noted that NCDs caused huge financial burden on households from out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare expenditure and productivity loss from hospitalisation.
HFPYV, a volunteer group of young Nigerians, who advocate food justice and public health, contended that the latest data from the National Health Accounts showed that, on the average, a Nigerian household with NCDs spent the equivalent of $398.52 per year on NCD care; while in general, Nigerians spent the equivalent of about $1.26 billion yearly treating NCDs, plunging many families into financial difficulties.
“These are particularly worrying…
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