By IRENE OKECHUKWU
Former Nigerian Medical Association President, Prof. Francis Faduyile, has linked the country’s low life expectancy to high child and maternal mortality rates, weak management of noncommunicable diseases, and frequent violent deaths. He noted that while some Nigerians live into their 80s and 90s, early deaths among large segments of the population pull down the national average. Prof. Faduyile highlighted violent conflicts, road accidents, and inadequate care for conditions like diabetes, hypertension, and cancer as major contributors, urging urgent and comprehensive health reforms to raise life expectancy.
