A Call for Sierra Leoneans to Adopt Healthy Lifestyle

21 May 2012

A Call for Sierra Leoneans to Adopt Healthy Lifestyle

Sierra Leone is faced with the double burden of communicable and Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs). Available hospital data indicate that in 2011 more cases of diabetes (352), hypertension (4207) and cardiovascular disease (284) were reported. These diseases are strongly associated with common lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, alcohol consumption, diets rich in fat, sugar and salt; and physical inactivity.