Ghana news briefing
Four million Ghanaians living with Hepatitis
The disease remains a major public health challenge despite progress in childhood vaccination, with health authorities calling for increased screening, treatment access and prevention measures to support Ghana’s target of eliminating viral hepatitis by 2030.
He urged Ghanaians, particularly those born before hepatitis B vaccination was introduced into the national immunisation programme in 2002, to get tested, stressing that early diagnosis and treatment remained the surest means of preventing avoidable deaths from liver disease.
Dr Adiiboka called for improved quality of hepatitis care, expanded routine screening beyond high-risk groups, increased diagnosis and treatment, sustainable financing for hepatitis programmes and full implementation of the National Strategic Plan for Viral Hepatitis.
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