According to the World Health Organization, dying from viral hepatitis in Africa is becoming a bigger threat than dying from HIV/AIDS, malaria or tuberculosis. Yet the disease remains neglected in many parts of the continent.
On the other hand, Human Immune Virus/Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) epidemic is one of the major public health challenges faced by Nigeria. As of 2020 in Nigeria, the HIV prevalence rate among adults aged 15–49 was 3.1 percent. Nigeria has the second-largest number of people living with HIV.
HIV and HBV share similarities in modes of transmission. Infection with both HIV and HBV is called HIV/HBV co-infection and it is seen in about 2.6 million people living with HIV. Chronic HBV advances faster to cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease, and liver cancer in people with HIV/HBV co-infection than in people with only HBV infection.
Nigeria and other sub-saharan African countries are missing important opportunities to integrate and link services and responses to provide people-centred services that also leverage efficiency at the primary health care and health system levels.
Program Goals
Contribute significantly to Hepatitis B and C elimination, goal 2030 by
offering free screening, counselling service, vaccination and linkage to
care to 20,000 people by 2030.
Promote interest in voluntary blood donation and maintaining a blood donor registry. Getting a targeted 3000 young people to become donors by 2030.
Promote sexual and reproductive health of women with focus on improved access to HPV vaccination for 2500 women by 2030.
General health promotion especially as it concerns sexual health and wellbeing of young people and young adults.
Engage Research and innovation towards Hepatitis, HIV and STIs elimination.
Vaccinate 3,000 young people against HBV and 2500 young girls against HPV by 2030.
Screened for HCV, HBV and HIV
Projects
Vaccinated against HBV
Linked to Care
Benefitting from sexual health education and tools
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