NGO harps on Hepatitis awareness, financing

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An NGO, Best Healthy Life Development Initiative (BHELDIN), on Friday urged government at all levels to promote awareness on the dangers of Hepatitis and to support the fights against the disease.

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the Liver.

The Director of BHELDIN, Mr Titus Gushibet, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bwari, on the occasion of the World Hepatitis Day.

According to Gushibet, Nigeria loses 3,000 women and children daily to preventable diseases, including Hepatitis, due to poor access to basic health care.

He, therefore, urged governments to increase efforts to fight the spread of the disease by enlightening people about necessary preventive measures.

According to him, Hepatitis is classified into five distinct types; A, B, C, D and E with B and C being particularly prevalent globally.

“I want to call on government, at all…

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