Kwara State to Launch Hepatitis Screening for 5,000 Residents

Date: 2024-07-31

According to a news report from News Central, Amina El-Imam, the Kwara Commissioner for Health, announced that the state government will commence hepatitis screenings on Tuesday, aiming to reach 5,000 individuals. This initiative was revealed on Monday in Ilorin during an event commemorating the 2024 World Hepatitis Day (WHD), organised by the Kwara Ministry of Health in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO).

WHD, observed annually on July 28, focuses on raising awareness about hepatitis—a group of infectious diseases including hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. The day promotes the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of these conditions.

Hepatitis, which can lead to acute or chronic liver inflammation, affects hundreds of millions of people globally and can be fatal. In some countries, hepatitis B is a leading cause of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.

Ms El-Imam noted that the screenings will take place at various tertiary institutions, marketplaces, and healthcare facilities across the state. Individuals identified during the screenings will be referred to appropriate health facilities for further treatment and medication.

She noted that “people are generally more aware of HIV/AIDS than they are of hepatitis, despite the fact that hepatitis can be more infectious than HIV.” She went on to clarify that the ways HIV and hepatitis are transmitted are alike, and the treatment centres for HIV will also manage cases of hepatitis.

The commissioner also cautioned against participating in damaging cultural traditions like scarification, tribal marks, tattoos, circumcision, and female genital mutilation (FGM), which can raise the likelihood of contracting hepatitis.

“Some of these are cultural practices that can cause harm. No single race, tribe, or culture is 100% perfect. Do not practice culture that can cause harm,” she said.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Matthew Okedare     Aminu Ado Bayero     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Ayedun     Buhari     Javed Khan     Peter Amogbonjaye     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Olaiya Zuberu     Lanre Badmas     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Femi Gbajabiamila     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Ilorin South Constituency     Amos Justus Sayo     Ladi Hassan     Dogara     Okanlawon Taiwo     Kwara Basketball Association     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Raimi Iyanda     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Lanre Aremu     TETFUND     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Aliyu Salihu     Kale Belgore     Hamid Bobboyi     Saad Omo Iya     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Issa Manzuma     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Tanke     Elerinjare     Sam Onile     Fawenu     Sa\'adu Salau     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Ahman Pategi     Kayode Ogunlowo     Idiagbon     Ahman Pategi University     Ayodele Shittu     Shehu Adaramaja     Shettima     Sa\'adu Gambari     Ali Ahmad     Yomi Ogunsola     Kola Bukoye     Arandun     Alfa Yahaya Road     Bankole Omishore     Zulu Gambari     Salihu S. Yaru     Daud Adeshola     Omotoso     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Mike Omotosho     Bello Abubakar     Taofik Mustapha     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Yakub Ali-Agan     Abubakar Aliagan     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Kwara Liberation Group     Lanre Jimoh     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Alimi     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Unicontinental Construction Company     Aliyu Adebayo     Joseph Bamigboye     Bayo Mohammed Onimode    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Just Law Forum     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Kunle Okeowo     Muslim Cementary     Isiaka Oniwa     Adisa Logun     Yahya Mohammed     Durosinlohun Kawu     Toyin Abdullahi     Share/Tsaragi     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Ilorin South Constituency     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Okiki     Okoolowo     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Iponrin     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Pakata Patriots     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Aremu Bose Deborah     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Baruten     Tsaragi-Share     Afonja Descendants Union     Balogun Gambari     NYSC     March 28     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Olokoba     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Playing Host     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Tafidan Kaiama     Abdulwahab Ololele     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Bello Abubakar     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Millennium Development Goals     Idiagbon     Olota Of Odo-Owa     AGF Abdulrazaq     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Earlyon Technologies     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Sulyman Tejidini     Onikijipa     Post Utme     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Idowu Laro     Owo Isowo     Read With Me     Isin     Yahaya Oloriegbe     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Mahe Abdulkadir     Forgo Battery     NaAllah     Rafiu Olasile     IsDB     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Oba Abdulraheem     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Amada Jidda     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     CT Ayeni     Ibrahim Oniye