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An Open Letter to the Minister of Health

FORUM NEWS SIERRA LEONE by FORUM NEWS SIERRA LEONE
1 July 2024
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The Minister of Health

Dr. Austin Demby

27th June 2024

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Dear Dr. Demby,

IT IS TIME FOR ACTION

My name is Dr. Manal Ghazzawi and I am writing on behalf of KnowHep Foundation Sierra Leone, with the support of the World Hepatitis Alliance.

It’s World Hepatitis Day’s on 28 July and I am writing to urge you to support the fight against this accelerating epidemic. Hepatitis is now the world’s second deadliest virus, after COVID-19. Every year, 1.3 million people lose their lives to hepatitis – and the new World Health Organization Global Hepatitis Report says the number of deaths is rising.

More than 1 million Sierra Leoneans are living with viral hepatitis. The majority are unaware of their status, and since testing and treatment remain beyond reach for most, they will not know until it is too late. More than a third will have their lives cut short by liver cancer or other forms of liver disease.

There is a cure for hepatitis C and a vaccine and effective treatment for hepatitis B, but our health programmes are not sufficiently funded; stigma and discrimination prevent many from accessing services; and millions of our most vulnerable citizens are being left behind. There is a short window of action available between 2024 and 2026 to regain the trajectory needed to reach the Sustainable Development Goals.

We call on the ministry of health and sanitation to prioritize viral hepatitis elimination in the following ways:

Promote greater public and political awareness of the importance of viral hepatitis B and C prevention, testing and treatment.

Promote free testing for all pregnant females attending antenatal care and the immediate introduction of the hepatitis B birth dose

Substantially increase access to testing in community and health facility-based services

Provide high-quality, evidence-based and affordable, people-centred hepatitis care services and prevention programmes

Address stigma and discrimination faced by populations most affected by hepatitis in healthcare setting and in society as a whole

Strengthen community and civil society involvement in hepatitis programmes and create innovative partnership to drive change.

We look forward to your support this World Hepatitis Day and in the future. It’s time for action.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Manal Ghazzawi

CEO/founder Knowhep Foundation Sierra Leone

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