Health Professionals Seek Increased Funding, Decentralised Screening to Eliminate Hepatitis by 2030

Sunday Ehigiator

Healthcare professionals in Nigeria are seeking increased government funding and decentralised screening to support efforts by the World Health Organisation towards eliminating viral Hepatitis by 2030.

This was echoed at the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (AMLSCN) 2026 webinar to mark World Hepatitis Day themed “Elimination for Everyone, Everywhere, Right Now!”

The webinar which held on Tuesday, ran concurrently with a free hepatitis B and C screening at Orile-Igamu, Lagos, where lab scientists provided free screening to members of the community.

Health Professionals Seek Increased Funding, Decentralised Screening to Eliminate Hepatitis by 2030

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