By Chioma Obinna

Worried about the growing incidences of cardiovascular diseases among Nigerian youths, experts have taken the campaign for early cardiovascular education among teenagers to secondary schools in Lagos.

Addressing, the students during the second grassroots cardiovascular health programme organised for students of Herbert Macaulay Senior Girls’ High School and Birrel Avenue Senior High School by Chike Okoli Foundation, COF, the experts said the need for teenagers to be conscious of their heart-health could not be overemphasised as cardiovascular diseases affect every individual irrespective of the status, age or race.

They maintained that early cardiovascular education among teenagers would drastically reduce the burden of heart diseases and its complications.

The programme which is the 2nd edition is designed to reach 10,000 students in selected secondary schools in Lagos State with messages about the prevalence of heart diseases and ways to live healthy.