Collins Agwam The Nasarawa State Government has partnered with the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, to commence the testing and treatment of residents with viral Hepatitis B and C virus across the 13 local government areas of the state. This was disclosed by the acting governor of the state, Dr Emmanuel Akabe, on Friday at the flag-off of the Viral Hepatitis Free Village Campaign tagged ‘Putting Nasarawa State on the Track of Viral Hepatitis Elimination By 2030’, in Doma LGA. He explained that the partnership with the hospital also included a medical outreach to provide comprehensive healthcare services in rural communities across the state.
Akabe noted that the state government decided to begin the health programmes in Doma because the LGA had over the years recorded high cases of viral hepatitis, which had claimed so many lives. While commending doctors from the Federal Medical Centre in the Keffi LGA of the state for partnering with the state to fight common diseases affecting the people, the acting governor reiterated the state government’s commitment to eliminate hepatitis from the state by 2030. He, therefore, appealed to all the residents to make themselves available for hepatitis testing in government healthcare facilities across the 13 LGAs of the state and avoid the use of unsterilized sharp objects, sharing of needles/syringes, and the transfusion of unscreened blood and blood products.
“Hepatitis has been killing our people slowly and steadily. The prevalenc.