FCTA to eliminate Hepatitis by 2030
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s Hepatitis Day, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has assured of its commitment towards eliminating the viral disease by 2030. The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, made the commitment while flagging-off activities to mark this year’s World Hepatitis Day in […]
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark this year’s Hepatitis Day, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has assured of its commitment towards eliminating the viral disease by 2030.
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, made the commitment while flagging-off activities to mark this year’s World Hepatitis Day in Abuja.
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The minister, who was represented by the Executive Secretary, FCT Primary Health Care Board, Dr Yahaya Isa vatsa, said the administration was ready and prepared to align with World Health Organization and other critical stakeholders to achieve hepatitis B, C, and D elimination by 2030.
To achieve this, she said the administration would remain resolute and “working with other critical stakeholders and development partners, to reduce new infections of hepatitis B and C by 90%, reduce hepatitis related deaths from liver cirrhosis and cancer by 65%, ensure that at least 90% of people with hepatitis B and C viruses are diagnosed; and at least 80% of those eligible receive appropriate treatment.”
The minister stressed the need to accelerate the fight against the viral hepatitis and the importance of testing and treatment for the real people who need it, in order to preserve its productive demography.
She decried a situation where communities in the FCT particularly those in the hard-to-reach areas, lack access to hepatitis diagnostics, treatment and preventive interventions.