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africanews

It has been revealed that between 10 to 15 percent of
Cameroonians suffer from Hepatitis B, C and D. This gives a total population of over two million Cameroonians.

This revelation was made recently during celebrations marking the World Day of Viral-Hepatitis in Yaounde under the auspices of the Minister of Public Health, Andre Mama Fouda.

Speaking during the opening ceremony, Minister Andre Mama Fouda explained that Viral hepatitis constitutes over 13% of health problems in Cameroon and also occupies the first place of health problems in Africa.

The minister urged the Viral-Hepatitis network to go to the interior parts of the country in order to inform the people about the pandemic. He also said the treatment for this disease for now is only available in Yaounde at the central hospital.

According to the vice president of the Network for the Fight Against hepatitis, Prof Njoya, over 500 million people worldwide are infected with this virus. He called on Cameroonians to go to health centres and check their status because Viral-Hepatitis is an infection which is divided into schemes of B and C.

Prof Njoya further explained that they are looking forward to introducing new modern drugs and techniques that can be able to combat this pandemic.