Hepatitis Day: Adamawa Takes Awareness Campaign To Grassroots

Magdalene Ukuedojor
Jul, Mon, 2025

Health

Hepatitis Day: Adamawa takes awareness campaign to grassroots

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By Ibrahim Kado

The Adamawa Primary Healthcare Development Agency (ADPHCDA) has intensified hepatitis awareness campaigns in rural areas for prevention.

Dr Suleiman Bashir, Executive Chairman of the agency stated this to newsmen at a media roundtable in Yola on Monday.

Bashir said this year’s World Hepatitis Day’s theme “Let’s break it down. Let’s take action”, is a reminder that hepatitis remains a silent killer that continues to claim lives across the world.

“This year, we are taking hepatitis awareness to the grassroots. We are educating communities about prevention, testing, and treatment.

“We are integrating hepatitis screening into our PHC outreach,” he said.

Bashir called on the media to help break down the myths and stigma around hepatitis, and to take action by encouraging testing, safe practices, and timely treatment.

“At ADSPHCDA, we remain committed to strengthening our primary healthcare system – not just for today’s emergencies, but for long-term resilience. But we cannot do this alone,” he said.

The Chairman also expressed concerns on the issue of malnutrition affecting children in the state.

He said the agency is leveraging platforms like the Child Nutrition Fund to procure critical commodities such as Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food in only seven out of the 21 local government areas in the state.

Bashir noted that the coverage of just seven local government areas out of 21 was not enough.

In her address, Nurzhat Rafique, the UNICEF Chief, Bauchi Field Office, said the issue of malnutrition needed more commitment by all stakeholders to tackle.

Rafique, who also spoke on children immunisation, stressed the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for children in strengthening their health and resistance to diseases. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

Edited by Josephine Obute and Yakubu Uba

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