Federal Government don reveal say Nigeria dey lose between N13.3 trillion and N17.9 trillion every year because of direct and indirect wahala wey hepatitis dey cause.

Dem still talk say 4,252 Nigerians dey die every year from liver cancer wey untreated hepatitis dey cause.

Di Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, talk dis one on Monday for one press briefing wey dem do to mark World Hepatitis Day, wey dem theme na “Hepatitis: Make we break am down.”

According to World Health Organisation, hepatitis na liver inflammation wey dey caused by different infectious and non-infectious agents, and e fit lead to plenty health wahala, including serious liver damage and cancer, some of dem fit even kill pesin.

Di hepatitis virus get five main types and dem dey call dem types A, B, C, D and E.

All of dem fit cause liver disease, but dem different for how person dey catch am, how serious di sickness be, where e dey common pass, and how person fit prevent am.

Pate, wey Dr Godwin Ntadom, Director of Public Health for di ministry represent, talk say Nigeria get di third-highest level of hepatitis for di whole world, and over 20 million people don carry di virus for body.

Di country dey under serious wahala, wit more than 20 million people wey dey live wit Hepatitis B and C: 18.2 million dey battle Hepatitis B, and 2.5 million dey suffer from Hepatitis C.

About 8.1% of Nigerians don catch Hepatitis B, and even though vaccine and treatment dey, more than 90% of dem no know say dem don catch am, and na so dem dey unknowingly spread am, even give pikin.

Di signs dey resemble malaria, like fever, body tiredness, and weakness and many people dey use self-medication. But as dem dey treat wetin dem think na malaria, di virus dey quietly destroy liver, wey fit later lead to liver failure or cancer. Na so 4,252 Nigerians dey die every year from liver cancer wey untreated hepatitis cause.

Di money wey Nigeria dey lose because of di sickness big well-well, between N13.3 trillion to N17.9 trillion every year, from both direct and indirect wahala.

To tackle di matter, di Federal Government don launch one nationwide campaign wey dem call Project 365. Di plan na to go every constituency for screening, testing, and treatment, to end Hepatitis C and stop Hepatitis B spread before 2030.

Di government still announce beta steps like: increase money for hepatitis programme, create special fund to fight viral disease, give tax incentive, reform law to support local drug production, and make law wey go help provide hepatitis test and treatment everywhere for Nigeria.

Africa CDC National Coordinator, Dr Oluyinka Olayemi, hail Nigeria for di plan and confirm say Africa CDC go support di move.