The Federal Government has revealed that Nigeria loses between N13.3tn and N17.9tn annually in direct and indirect costs due to hepatitis.
The government also said 4,252 Nigerians die each year from liver cancer caused by untreated hepatitis.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, said this on Monday at a press briefing in commemoration of World Hepatitis Day.
Pate, who was represented by the Director of Public Health at the ministry, Dr Godwin Ntadom, stated that Nigeria had the third-highest burden of hepatitis globally, with over 20 million people infected with hepatitis.