The past President of the World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA), Dr. Danjuma Adda, has identified hepatitis as a leading cause of death after Covid-19.
Quoting the World Health Organization (WHO), Adda who doubles as the Executive Director of the Centre for Initiative and Development, (CFID) stated this on Friday at a town hall meeting in commemoration of World Hepatitis Day which took place in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state.
Stressing that hepatitis is now the second leading cause of death worldwide, Adda stated that the alarming revelation now underscores the urgent need for increased awareness, prevention, and treatment efforts to combat the crisis in Taraba and the country at large.
Expressing concern over the substandard equipment used in blood transfusions in Nigeria, he expressed sad that many testing kits are ineffective in detecting the virus due to their low quality.
He underscored the…
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