• High blood pressure:

High blood pressure. It’s called the silent killer, because it has no warning signs or symptoms — until a stroke or heart attack occurs. Fortunately, high blood pressure is easy to detect. No matter what your age, high blood pressure raises your risk for heart attack, stroke, and even dementia. Fortunately, there are even proven ways to bring it under control without medications

Causes : Food, medicine, lifestyle, age, and genetics can cause high blood pressure. Your doctor can help you find out what might be causing yours. Common factors that can lead to high blood pressure include:

• A diet high in salt, fat, and/or cholesterol.
• Chronic conditions such as kidney and hormone problems, diabetes, and high cholesterol.
• Family history, especially if your parents or other close relatives have high blood pressure.
• Lack of physical activity.
• Older age (the older you are, the more likely you are to have high blood pressure).
• Being overweight or obese.
• Race (non-Hispanic black people are more likely to have high blood pressure than people of other races).
• Some birth control medicines and other medicines.
• Stress.
• Tobacco use or drinking too much alcohol.

• How can lower blood pressure?
• Lose weight.
• Stop smoking.
• Eat properly.
• Exercise.
• Lower your salt intake.
• Reduce your alcohol consumption.
• Learn relaxation methods.

Sexual and Gender Based Violence (S) GBV:

SGBV resources:

1. Sexual and gender based violence in North Nigeria
2. Evaluation partner
3. UNFPA
4. UN Women
5. Gender Equity Index: European countries
6. (S) GBV prevention and response, Oct 2016
7. SGBV assessment and situation analysis tool
8. Guidelines for integrating gender-based violence intervention in humanitarian action
9. How to support the survivor of gender-based violence
10. Gender-based violence and COVID-19: UNDP brief