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The District 9125 governor for Rotary International, Rotn. Jumoke Bamigboye, yesterday said Rotary will join forces with the government and other health organisations to end Hepatitis in Nigeria like Poliomyelitis.
She said: “Hepatitis is a silent killer with more than 1.3m deaths a year and it affects more than 325m people globally. According to the World Health Organization , about 2.8 million people in the world are on lifelong treatment for Hepatitis B. “When those with Hepatitis are treated within two to three months, they will recover and we will not be having people dying because of the virus.
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