Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has announced plans to commence mandatory hepatitis screening for food vendors operating in the nation’s capital. The screening exercise, which will target food handlers in restaurants, markets, bakeries, and canteens, is aimed at curbing the spread of hepatitis and reinforcing food safety in Abuja. This was disclosed in a goodwill […]
According to the World health Organization, an estimated 26 million Nigerians are living with viral hepatitis. As a result of the staggering number, the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2016 set a target for the elimination of viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030 and provided a Global Health Sector Strategy (GHSS) on […]
By Doosuur Iwambe, Abuja More than 90 million people in the African region are living with hepatitis, accounting for 26% of the global total, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. In her message to commemorate the 2021 World Hepatitis Day with the theme; “Hepatitis can’t wait”, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso […]
Before the dawn of 17th June 2017, my family had celebrated enthusiastically as my indisposed mother gradually recovered from her sickness. We were all glad at her lively responses as she bantered along with us, giggling as the night grew darker. However, as dawn broke in its darkly light the next day, the situation of […]
The National Orientation Agency (NOA), says it is collaborating with the Mike Omotosho’s Foundation (MOF), to draw Nigerians’ attention to the Hepatitis scourge READ ALSO: Ezekwesili, Utomi, Nweke, others seek new direction in solving Nigeria’s leadership challenge . According to Mr Garba Abari, Director-General of NOA, the partnership is focused on ridding the nation of […]
Hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver chiefly caused by viruses but may be caused by other factors like alcohol, drugs, toxins, malaria, yellow fever and autoimmune disease. The liver is the largest organ in the body. It helps digest food, store energy and removes poisons. Viruses that cause hepatitis are named from A to […]
No fewer than 3,000 Osun residents are to benefit from the Federal Government free Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis B test. The South-West Coordinator, Nigeria AIDs Indicator and Impact Survey (NAIIS), Dr Olubunmi Ayinde, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Osogbo. Ayinde said that NAIIS officials would visit 102 selected communities […]