NTCA disclosed in Calabar on Wednesday that it received only N28 million as an allocation for tobacco control between 2023 and 2025.
The disease, which broke out in April, has affected 350 pig farms in the state, causing the deaths of more than 4,000 pigs and 2,500 piglets.
The last Ebola patient in Uganda, a Congolese national, was discharged on June 22.
WHO made the call in a statement on Tuesday to mark this year’s World Hepatitis Day.
WHO has identified integration, innovation, and community leadership as critical to ending HIV, viral hepatitis, and STIs by 2030.
Johnson & Johnson has offered to pay $5.5 billion to settle lawsuits over accusations that its baby powder and other products containing talcum caused ovarian cancer.
The UN has allocated $2 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund to strengthen Ebola outbreak preparedness in Rwanda.
WHO director general Tedros Ghebreyesus made the call in his message to mark the 2026 World Hepatitis Day, globally celebrated on July 28.
The commissioner reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to containing the outbreak.
“Strengthening the capacity of frontline healthcare workers is essential to delivering quality reproductive health services in emergency settings,” he said.
