Physician calls for free Hepatitis B vaccines for adults

She said Ghana was intensifying efforts to combat viral hepatitis through public education, screening and treatment initiatives involving the Ministry of Health, the Ghana Health Service and healthcare institutions nationwide.

Dr Awura Ajoa Nonoo is a Public Health Physician Specialist at the 37 Military Hospital Dr Awura Ajoa Nonoo, Public Health Physician Specialist at the 37 Military Hospital, has called for free hepatitis B vaccination for adults to reduce Ghana’s growing burden of viral hepatitis.

Early testing, prompt treatment, infection prevention measures, safe blood transfusion practices and routine immunisation remain key strategies in Ghana’s efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat.