The ministry of health has sent a team of medical experts to launch a fight against hepatitis B that has been reported in Kasese district, western Uganda.
Dr. Kenya Mugisha, the officer in charge of general duties at the Ministry of Health says that the district of Kasese has registered over 86 cases of hepatitis B in the last 11 months.
Mugisha says the ministry is going on immunizing the people of Kasese and the nearby districts. He says the main source of hepatitis B is poor hygiene.
Hepatitis B is a viral disease which attacks the liver reducing its function ability, causing loss of appetite and general body weakness.
Other symptoms of the disease are nausea abdominal pain, yellow skin and eyes and releasing dark urine.
Dr. Kenya Mugisha, the officer in charge of general duties at the Ministry of Health says that the district of Kasese has registered over 86 cases of hepatitis B in the last 11 months.
Hepatitis B is a viral disease which attacks the liver reducing its function ability, causing loss of appetite and general body weakness.
Other symptoms of the disease are nausea abdominal pain, yellow skin and eyes and releasing dark urine.
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