NO fewer than 20 million Nigerians are believed to be on the hepatitis death list, with the country contributing significantly to the global chronic viral hepatitis infection.

Moves by the Federal government to eradicate the deadly hepatitis C disease in the country have started yielding fruits as Pharco Corporation, an Egypt based international pharmaceuticals company steps in to provide support for the nation’s health systems strengthening (HSS) through the generation of awareness and provision of potent medication for the elimination of the disease in Nigeria.

The human liver is a special organ. It has some hundreds of critical jobs. It works very hard but gets little credit.  Your liver is the second-largest organ in your body.

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, has urged pharmaceutical companies and partners to reduce the cost of Hepatitis B and C diagnosis and medicines to help sufferers.

Every year, millions of people die of viral hepatitis or inflammation of the liver in Nigeria and Africa in particular. According to a new scorecard by the World Health Organisation, WHO, dying of viral hepatitis in Africa is becoming a bigger threat than dying of AIDS, malaria or tuberculosis.

Viral hepatitis or inflammation of the liver kills millions annually in Africa and Nigeria in particular. The latest scorecard by the World Health Organisation, WHO, says dying of viral hepatitis in Africa is becoming a bigger threat than dying of AIDS, malaria or tuberculosis. Daily at least two new hepatitis cases are diagnosed across in the country Nigeria. Erstwhile Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, confirmed that about 20 million Nigerians have hepatitis while WHO’s scorecard shows that 100,000 children with chronic Hepatitis B are in Nigeria. Experts say political will, effective immunisation coverage, awareness and universal free testing and treatment will help the country turn around the tide of the hepatitis.

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NO fewer than 26 million Nigerians are living with Viral Hepatitis B and C, even as stakeholders called for the early diagnosis and treatment of the disease to reduce increasing incidences of liver problems and deaths.

THE liver is a large, meaty organ that sits on the right side of the belly. Weighing about three pounds in adulthood, the liver is reddish-brown in color and feels rubbery to the touch. Though it is the largest solid gland in your body, roughly the side of a football for teens, you can’t feel the liver, because it’s protected by the rib cage.

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, says early testing for Hepatitis and an aggressive and sustained grassroots sensitisation on the danger of the disease would reduce the deaths from what experts describe as “one of the biggest global health threats of our time.”

Leading healthcare company, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceutical Nigeria Limited, in line with its commitment to improve the quality of human live, recently partnered with Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) to stage a walk against hepatitis in Umuahia, the Abia State Capital.

The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole has reiterated the commitment of Federal Government towards the elimination of viral hepatitis in Nigeria by 2021.

As the World weekend marked this year’s World Hepatitis Day, the World Health Organization, WHO, has disclosed that, estimated 325 million people worldwide have viral hepatitis even as the 257 million people living with hepatitis B and 71 million people living with hepatitis C have no access to treatment.

In a calculated effort at sensitizing the public on the dangers of being ignorant about the scourge of Hepatitis which has claimed millions of lives around the world in recent times, Ojo Olasunkanmi, Head, Strategy & Communications, Pub.IT Digital, has organized a one day Community Social Responsibility online campaign towards the celebration of World Hepatitis Day today, the 28th Of July, 2017, tagged “ ZEROhep In Nigeria ” to sensitize the general public about the prevalence of viral hepatitis in Nigeria.

An estimated 325 million people are living with hepatitis B or C and few are aware of their condition, with death tolls from the viruses rising, the UN said Friday.