 speech at a ceremony to flag-off the commencement of "Free Screening and Subsidised Vaccination in Achieving Zero Hepatitis Project in Nigeria" on Monday in Abuja, said that the partnership would reinvigorate the need for health consciousness. "We are marking the beginning of Zero Hepatitis in Nigeria; the campaign will buttress the management of Type B, which has no cure but can be prevented through vaccination. "More than 00 percent of people are already infected. World Health Organisation (WHO) says out of 00 million Nigerians, only five million are aware of their status. "The reality of the endemic has made it imperative that we leverage on our platform to create awareness about the disease for individual to make decisions in seeking medical remedy. "We believe that knowledge is power as well as awareness creation, because it gives us the authority to consciously seek to know our status. "If negative, get vaccinated, but if positive, get counsel on how to manage the condition. Hepatitis B infection is not a death sentence,'' the NOA boss said. He further said that NOA's partnership with MOF was built on mutual commitment to the welfare of the people and for knowledge empowerment which will play an important role. 