It is sad to see a peoples culture cause the result of pain and suffering on their own people. What steps are being taken by tribes in Nigeria to reduce the risk of Hepatitis B so they can still retain their culture of getting triable tattoos? With such a large percentage of the worlds, HBV populations being isolated to one region I hope there a lot of organizations are working together to reduce the risk.
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It's really sad, @enjar. The major challenge here is ignorance. Well, I wouldn't really say that tribes are taking action to reduce risk of HBV infection per se, but the government through vaccination. The much I know about HBV vaccines n Nigeria is that they are supplied under global vaccine alliance GAVI scheme and are given to children. Not quite sure if there are a lot of organizations working to reduce risk. We are in dire need of more people who will engage communities in public health education and encourage them to vaccinate their children. I really appreciate your contribution. Keep the steem fire burning!
Would it be a fair assessment to say the population from Nigeria and other places that are dealing with this issue is starting to increase on Steemit? I think I have seen a few now if I’m not mistaken. I’m not sure if the people who use this site are also once who would go out and research this kind of thing on their own?
The point I’m getting to is will this topic be a reoccurring on your blog spot? Maybe something monthly? Might be a way to help increase awareness of this issues. You are a very wonderful and positive influence in the community.
Oh great! I would like to see other people in steemit and beyond participate in the public health enlightenment campaign on hepatitis B (HBV) and even hepatitis C (HCV) and collaborate with them. Although, hepatitis b infection is not my research area,I will try my best possible to feature it in my blog at least once monthly, as you have suggested. My area of research is HIV/AIDS and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Thank you for giving me the idea to do a monthly campaign on my blog regarding the issue of hepatitis b. I appreciate your kind words too.