Nigeria: World Heart Day 2021 - Revisiting the High Burden of NCDs and Exploring Solutions Using Technology

[Nigeria Health Watch] The COVID-19 pandemic has been a real and present global health security threat for almost two years now. Simultaneously, African countries like Nigeria have been experiencing an entirely different silent epidemic in the form of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). One such NCD is cardiovascular diseases, a set of heart related conditions that can lead to death and long-term complications. Together with cancer, diabetes and lung disease, cardiovascular diseases are responsible for 41 million deaths around the