JENESO DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (JDI) is got registered Non-Governmental Organization on 19th May, 2022 with certificate number 180817 from Nigerian cooperate affairs commission. The organization has an operational office at no.37 mangale street, Densawo Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The organization currently engages in improving education and sensitization of communities on infectious diseases such as hepatitis B. This is due to wide gap discovered in the locality of the organization’s founder where school activities have ceased for some significant number of years and has as well lost three (3) cousins to hepatitis B due to poor information on the virus. This is majorly associated to the geographical disadvantage location of the community. This makes it difficult for community members to easily access medical and education services as well as any meaningful developmental intervention.
The result revealed that Yola residence are willing to get tested and seek medical care with the right hepatitis B knowledge and health facility accessible system in place. It is worth noting that this willingness is influence by factors such as accessibility and affordability of diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis B services. Going by data obtained, Yola with an estimated population of 336,648 people might 7.62% of its residence living positive with hepatitis B.
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