• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Monday, September 1, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

How To Prevent Helicobacter Pylori

by Leadership News
3 years ago
in News
The  president, African Helicobacter & Microbiota Study Group (AHMSG), Prof. Stella Smith

The president, African Helicobacter & Microbiota Study Group (AHMSG), Prof. Stella Smith

Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

By Royal Ibeh, Lagos

Advertisement

Helicobacter Pylori, popularly known as H. pylori, are bacteria that can cause an infection in the stomach or small intestine.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a division of the World Health Organisation (WHO), categorised H. pylori as a class one carcinogen.

The  president, African Helicobacter & Microbiota Study Group (AHMSG), Prof. Stella Smith said 50 per cent of the world’s population are infected with H. pylori with people of different race and regions around the world having varied levels of severity and pathological outcomes.

The infection burden in Africa is high with a reported prevalence of 70.1 per cent, however, could be higher due lack of data in some regions of the continent, Smith averred.

RELATED

Mixed Reactions In South East Over Simon Ekpa’s Arrest

Nigeria’s Defence Chief Commends Finnish Court’s Verdict On Simon Ekpa

26 minutes ago
Police Deny Purported Killing Of Officers

Kano Police Arrest 107 Suspected Criminals, Recover Weapons, Drugs

52 minutes ago
ADVERTISEMENT

In Nigeria, the president revealed that the prevalence of H. pylori infection varies with northern Nigeria to Southern Nigeria, adding that the Northern part of the country has more cases than other parts of the country.

Smith said the pathogen is the most common cause of different gastric disorders including gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, gastric mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma and gastric adenocarcinoma.

Speaking on their mode of transmission, the president said H. pylori bacteria are usually transmitted from person to person through direct contact with saliva, vomit or stool, while revealing that it can be transmitted from one person to another through contaminated food or water.

ADVERTISEMENT

In spite of the prevalence and associated pathological outcomes attached with the infection, Smith lamented that H. pylori infection was obviously a neglected disease in Africa.

Most other infectious disease like HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and more recently COVID-19 have more attention in terms of research funding and grants, she said, while stressing the importance of accurate and prompt diagnosis as key to managing, treating and eradicating H. pylori disease.

While the treatment for H. Pylori was based on recommended antisecretory combination of drugs and antibiotics, Smith revealed that due to misuse and over use of antibiotics, several bacterial pathogens including H. pylori have developed resistance to antibiotics.

“This is posing a big challenge to the effective treatment and eradication of H. pylori infection. There is no treatment regimen which guarantees cure of H. pylori infection in 100 per cent of patients,” she stated.

She said that selected treatment must consider local antibiotic resistance patterns (if known), previous exposure and allergies to specific antibiotics, cost, side effects, and ease of administration.

She however advocated that with the widespread number of resistance studies showing to commonly prescribed antibiotics in Africa, it is time to produce a consensus guideline to guide clinicians on the choice of antibiotic combination for H. pylori eradication, while revealing that African Helicobacter & Microbiota Study Group (AHMSG) is working on a guidelines for H. pylori management in Africa.

 


Join Our WhatsApp Channel



SendShare10208Tweet6380Share
ADVERTISEMENT
Previous Post

As Stakeholders Call For Enforcement Of Compulsory Health Insurance

Next Post

Entrepreneurs, Private, Public Sectors To Benefit As Mmobuosi Unveils Leadership Centre

Leadership News

Leadership News

You May Like

Mixed Reactions In South East Over Simon Ekpa’s Arrest
News

Nigeria’s Defence Chief Commends Finnish Court’s Verdict On Simon Ekpa

2025/09/01
Police Deny Purported Killing Of Officers
News

Kano Police Arrest 107 Suspected Criminals, Recover Weapons, Drugs

2025/09/01
2027: Wike Opposes Peter Obi’s Return To PDP, Says It Will Lead To Self-destruction
News

2027: Wike Opposes Peter Obi’s Return To PDP, Says It Will Lead To Self-destruction

2025/09/01
British-Nigerian Actor Junior Salokun Set To Star In Nollywood
Entertainment

British-Nigerian Actor Junior Salokun Set To Star In Nollywood

2025/09/01
Mixed Reactions In South East Over Simon Ekpa’s Arrest
News

‘A Major Victory For Nigeria’s Anti-terror War’, Federal Gov’t Hails Simon Ekpa’s Imprisonment In Finland

2025/09/01
UNICEF New Country Programme Targets 10m Children
News

Ethical Media Reporting Key To Child Rights Protection — UNICEF

2025/09/01
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

Man Utd Agree Deal To Sign Lammens From Royal Antwerp

Nigeria’s Defence Chief Commends Finnish Court’s Verdict On Simon Ekpa

Kano Police Arrest 107 Suspected Criminals, Recover Weapons, Drugs

2027: Wike Opposes Peter Obi’s Return To PDP, Says It Will Lead To Self-destruction

British-Nigerian Actor Junior Salokun Set To Star In Nollywood

Suspected Russian GPS Jams EU Chief’s Aircraft Navigation System In Bulgaria

‘A Major Victory For Nigeria’s Anti-terror War’, Federal Gov’t Hails Simon Ekpa’s Imprisonment In Finland

Ethical Media Reporting Key To Child Rights Protection — UNICEF

Rivers LG Polls: I’m Disappointed Fubara Surrendered To Federal Might — CUPP Scribe

2027: I Can Bet Tinubu Will Win 2027 Election — Wike

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.