1. Malaria: Malaria is leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. Malaria can be prevented by eradicating mosquitoes or preventing bites.

2. Common cold or Flu: Common cold as the name depicts is everywhere, it is also known as nasopharyngitis or acute coryza is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract which affects the nose primarily causing sneezing, sore throat, cough and runny nose, it is usually self-resolving after about seven to ten days.

3. HIV/AIDS: Human immunodeficiency virus is a slowly replicating retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; an infectious disease in which progressive decline and failure of the human immune system leads to life threatening opportunistic infections and cancer.

4. Pelvic Inflammatory disease: This is a term for inflammation of the uterus, fallopian tubes and/or ovaries as it may progress and lead to infertility; it is usually caused by bacteria, fungal or parasites. route of spread is usually via sexual intercourse or via post abortal sepsis and intrauterine device insertion.
See a gynecologist once you notice any abnormal vaginal discharge.

5. Hypertension: This is also known as high blood pressure and it simply means that the blood pressures in the arteries are elevated and this requires the heart to work harder than normal to circulate blood through the vessels. Blood pressure is summarised by two measures systolic(when the heart contracts) and diastolic( when the cardiac muscles are relaxed).High blood pressure is present when the pressure is 140/90mmHg and above, this is a major risk factor for stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction and chronic kidney disease.
Maintain normal body weight for adults; body mass index of 20-25kg/m2

6. Acute diarrhoea: Diarrhoea is very common water and food-borne disease. Caused by a wide range of enteric organism, symptoms include passage of loose stools, fever, abdominal cramps and sometimes vomiting.
Avoid consumption of uncovered foods such as fruits cut and exposed

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Poverty should be number one

jascon1:
Poverty should be number one

no na ignorance should be 1st.

dnawah:
no na ignorance should be 1st.

na poverty cos ignorance o my brother

Diabetes ought to be on that list. It's very severe here in Nigeria owing to the fact that carbohydrates and sugar forms about 75% of what we eat on a daily basis!