A new Annual Global Burden of Disease, GBD, and study has shown that more Nigerians are dying of communicable diseases including malaria, diarrhoea, lower respiratory diseases and HIV among others,
According to the study, the top five causes of premature death in Nigeria are malaria, diarrhoeal diseases, HIV, neonatal encephalopathy, and lower respiratory infection.
The study which is the world’s largest scientific collaboration on population health also found that the life expectancy in Nigeria is also increasing, infants and children are at particular risk from these diseases, and neonatal ailments like sepsis and encephalopathy kill thousands of Nigerian infants.
It revealed new trends in illnesses, deaths, and risk factors leading to poor health, adding that these diseases are still taking the lives of far too many Nigerians.
However, globally, it notes that countries have saved more lives over the past decade, especially among children under age five, but persistent health problems, such as obesity, conflict, and mental illness, comprise a “triad of troubles,” and prevent people from living long and healthy life.
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