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15/02/2026

15/02/2026

End of year get together for department of public health and community medicine university of Abuja teaching hospital,FCT,Abuja 2025

16/01/2026

Epidemiological Transition: this is long term shift from communicable diseases to Non communicable diseases.

Example of communicable diseases are T.B,Measles,cholera etc
Example of Non communicable diseases are Hypertension, stroke Diabetes,cancers.

Risks factors for Non communicable diseases are classified into modifiable and non modifiable.

Modifiable are harmful use of Alcohol, to***co use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivety etc

Non modifiable are Age( greater than 40yrs)sex,Race and genetic factors.

Most importantly modifiable risk factors.

Prevention which is better and cheaper than cure
Premodial level of prevention.Goverment policy to ban or increase taxation on to***co etc

Primary level of prevention.Try as much as possible to avoid the Risk factors,

STOP to***co smoking
STOP Alcohol consumption
STOP consumption of unhealthy diet
STOP sedentary lifestyle

Secondary prevention

Do screening test done
Check your BP regularly
Check your blood sugar
Check your BMI to know either your obese or not.
Check / pap smear for cervical cancer
Mammogram for Breast cancer.
In conclusion.To avoid dying young

Get screen now
Get tested now
Get treated now
Get back your normal life now and l

16/01/2026

Breaking Good News.Leaving with Hepatitis B infection is not a death sentence.

Hepatitis is simply an inflammation of liver,commonly cause by viral infection.

Main hepatitis viruses are A,B,C,D and E etc,each differ in mode of transmission,severity and long term effects.

Hepatitis B and C are the most dangerous,B is a major global problem about 245milloin people are leaving with it and only 13% of this population know they are leaving with it and only 3% are on drugs.

Types of Hepatitis B infection
Acute and chronic
Acute is self limiting that is either you take drugs or not it goes on his own.All you need to do is to

Have a Bed Rest,take Adequate/Balance Nutrition,good hydration (plenty fluids)
Most importantly AVOID Alcohol intake and visit your doctor.

Chronic hepatitis this persist in the blood more than 6month and as such you need to see doctor for medical advice.

Mode of transmission
Contact with infected blood or body fluid,unprotected sex,unscreened blood transfusion and most importantly mother to child transmission during birth.

Prevention is better and cheaper than cure.

Premodial level of prevention which has to do with government policy to ensure everychild is been immunised.

Primary level of prevention which has to do with general health promotion and specific protection meaning try as much as possible to avoid the Risk factors listed above and make sure you take immunization.

Secondary level of prevention which is very important get tested especially when you are looking healthy and early treatment.

Lastly to be forewarn is to be forearmed.

Get tested now
Get immunised now
Get medical advice now
Get well now and forever
All to avoid liver damage/cirrhosis/cancer.
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