Kindly share this postCorporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has observed that only 80 heart surgeons are serving Nigeria’s population of over 200 million. CAPPA stated this as Nigeria joined the global community to mark World Heart Day 2025 recently. CAPPA, while decrying the alarming crisis of cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country, disclosed that as of 2021, only 13 centres in Nigeria were conducting heart surgery. Similarly, tobacco use damages the heart and blood vessels, raising the risk of stroke and heart attacks. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are among the leading causes of death in the country.