{"id":7643,"date":"2026-07-28T10:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T10:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/?p=7643"},"modified":"2026-07-28T10:20:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T10:20:32","slug":"7643","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/28\/7643\/","title":{"rendered":"Abia First Lady, Precillia Otti, calls for end to hepatitis stigma on World Hepatitis Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wife of the Abia State Governor, Mrs. Precillia Otti, has urged residents to prioritise awareness, testing, and compassion in the fight against hepatitis.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eIn a message on her X handle on Tuesday to mark World Hepatitis Day, Mrs. Otti said awareness remains one of the greatest tools in combating the disease.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eShe noted that this year\u2019s theme, &#8220;Hepatitis: Let\u2019s Break It Down,&#8221; is a call to break down ignorance, stigma, and barriers to testing, prevention and treatment.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eMrs. Otti emphasised the need for regular health checks, support for those affected, and continued promotion of healthy living as Abia works toward a healthier population.<br \/>\n\u200e<br \/>\n\u200eShe concluded, &#8220;Together, we can break the silence, break the stigma, and break the chain.&#8221;<br \/>\n\u200e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wife of the Abia State Governor, Mrs. Precillia Otti, has urged residents to prioritise awareness, testing, and compassion in the fight against hepatitis. \u200e \u200eIn a message on her X handle on Tuesday to mark World Hepatitis Day, Mrs. Otti said awareness remains one of the greatest tools in combating the disease. \u200e \u200eShe noted that this year\u2019s theme, &#8220;Hepatitis: Let\u2019s Break It Down,&#8221; is a call to break down ignorance, stigma, and barriers to testing, prevention and treatment. \u200e \u200eMrs. Otti emphasised the need for regular health checks, support for those affected, and continued promotion of healthy living [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[657,2273,406],"class_list":["post-7643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","tag-abia-govt","tag-hapatitis","tag-precillia-otti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7643"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7646,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7643\/revisions\/7646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southeastposts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}