The WHO said although the prevalence of malaria has declined from 42 per cent to 23 per cent, Nigeria contributes 27 per cent of global cases and 24 per cent of global deaths.
Dr. Mulombo, who was represented by the Field Presence Cluster Lead, WHO, Ahmed Khedr, said non-communicable diseases account for 29 per cent of all deaths in Nigeria with premature mortality from the four main NCDs-hypertension, diabetes, cancers, and malnutrition, accounting for 22 per cent of all deaths.
“The WHO was founded 74 years ago on the conviction that health is a human right to be enjoyed by all people, not a privilege for the few. Although much has changed in 74 years, that conviction has not. If the term ‘universal health coverage’ had existed in 1948, it would have been in the constitution of the WHO.
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