The Nasarawa State government has expressed concern over the rising cases of viral Hepatitis B in the state and urged residents to ensure they get tested and vaccinated. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Gaza Gwamna, stated this at a press conference to commemorate the 2024 World Hepatitis Day in Lafia, on Tuesday. He said the prevalent rate of viral hepatitis …

Twenty-eight people have lost their lives to hepatitis in Ekye development area in the Doma local government area of Nasarawa State. According to the member representing Doma South constituency in the State House of Assembly, Hon Musa Abubakar, the deaths occurred between October 2023 and February 2024. The development necessitated the call by the State House of Assembly on Governor …

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate has urged African nations to intensify efforts to increase immunisation coverage for chronic hepatitis. The minister stated that hepatitis has continued to pose a huge public health threat, unleashing devastating consequences among patients grappling with chronic infections worldwide. This was contained in a speech he delivered at the opening …

The Nasarawa State Government has said that no fewer than 23,224 residents of the state have tested positive to the viral Hepatitis B and C. The Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Health, Dr. Janet Angbazo, made the disclosure during a press briefing held in commemoration of the 2023 World Hepatitis Day tagged “We are not waiting, one life, …