80% of young people die from hepatitis B in the municipality of Passi. This is the sad revelation made this Tuesday, by a pharmacist named Ibrahima Diop. He was speaking on the waves of south Fm.
The presence of certain pathologies such as high blood pressure, diabetes and hepatitis B in the municipality of Passi (Sine-Saloum), are of great concern to the health authorities of the municipality of Passi. According to Ibrahima Diop, pharmacist: “The rate of high blood pressure and diabetes has increased. We registered a lot of people. We also need to raise awareness”. And to confide:the second point which is important and which we must tackle really quickly is hepatitis B. We have noticed that at the level of Passi, we are losing a lot of young people and if we ask ourselves 80% , the deaths are due to hepatitis B “, he confided in the airwaves of Sud Fm.
The Sine-Saloum region being a region of the groundnut basin, Ibrahima Diop finds that the presence of hepatitis B is due solely to the toxic matter found in groundnuts. ” The Sine-Saloum region is a region of the groundnut basin. And the peanut is a contributing factor because of the toxic stuff that was in the peanut. This is why people are trying to see how to remove this toxic factor there, at the level of peanuts, which is a factor favoring he made it clear.
To fight once morest these pathologies, the pharmacist calls on young people to be vaccinated. ” We will also try to see how to vaccinate our young people. Because hepatitis B exists and a vaccine is there. Moreover, it has even been included in the expanded program of vaccination. We have to convey this to the population so that they go and get vaccinated. ».
Ousmane Goudiaby
