Akalla mazauna jihar Nasarawa 18,429 ne suka kamu da cutar hanta ta Hepatitis B da C a kananan hukumomi 13 na jihar.
Pharm Ahmed Yahaya, kwamishinan lafiya na jihar, ya yi magana a yayin wani taron tattaunawa ranar Alhamis a Lafia don bikin ranar ciwon hanta ta duniya na 2022, mai taken: ‘Kawo Maganin Hepatitis Kusa da Ku’.
A cewarsa, Hukumar Lafiya ta Duniya ta kebe ranar yaki da cutar Hepatitis ta duniya, domin sanin cutar Hepatitis a matsayin kalubalen kiwon lafiyar al’umma a duniya da kuma kara ganin cutar da kuma jawo karin albarkatun yaki da ita a duniya.
Kwamishinan ya bayyana cewa, “Hukumar lafiya ta duniya ta kebe ranar yaki da cutar Hepatitis ta duniya domin sanin cutar Hepatitis a matsayin kalubalen kiwon lafiyar al’umma a duniya.
“Ana gudanar da bikin duk ranar 28 ga watan Yuli domin a kara ganin wannan cuta da kuma jawo karin albarkatun yaki da ita, tare da samar da taimako ga mutanen da abin ya shafa, da nufin dakile yaduwarta.”