The number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis infections is increasing and already accounts for 3,500 deaths daily, according to this report by the World Health Organization (WHO). This is the first consolidated WHO report on viral hepatitis epidemiology, service coverage and product access, with improved data for action. …
CHENNAI: Fifty lakh people suffer from Hepatitis in Tamil Nadu, Minister for Health, Dr V S Vijay said here on Thursday. He was addressing a gathering on the occasion of World Hepatitis Day celebrations, organised at the Madras Medical College. “Hepatitis is dangerous than HIV, since the patient doesn’t feel …
HYDERABAD, July 28: About 2.5 per cent of Sindh`s population is suffering from hepatitis-B and five per cent from hepatitis-C. This was stated by Dr Sadiq Memon of Isra University Hyderabad and Dr Zahoor Balcoh of Chief Minister`s Hepatitis Prevention and Control Programme during a briefing given to reporters on …
Around one crore people have been suffering from Hepatitis B and C virus in the country, experts said at a seminar yesterday. On the occasion of the World Hepatitis Day different organisations arranged programmes to make people aware of Hepatitis B and C virus, the leading cause of liver cirrhosis …
Likewise other countries in world, the 64th "World Hepatitis Day" is being observed on Thursday, July 28, in Pakistan. One in every 12 people worldwide is now grappling with chronic hepatitis B or hepatitis C, and it is now more widespread than even HIV or cancer. Non-availability of proper facilities …
Disease 30 Times More Prevalent Than HIV New Delhi: One in every 12 people suffers from chronic hepatitis B or C worldwide. According to health experts, the number of cases of the viral infection is on the rise in India due to unavailability of safe drinking water. With the World …
‘India Has No Data, Registry Of Disease Burden’ New Delhi: India is reeling under a serious burden of hepatitis. Professor S K Acharya, head of gastroenterology department, AIIMS, said studies reported from various parts of India estimate that about 20 million Indians are Hep B carriers and about 8 to …
Around one third of the global population, or 2 billion people, have been infected with the liver disease hepatitis which kills about a million victims annually, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday. Although most of those carrying hepatitis do not know they have it, they can unknowingly transmit …
Experts at a programme warned against the extensive use of injections, which, they said, was a major reason behind the rising incidence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C among children, besides mother-to-child transmission. They were speaking at a public awareness programme held at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) …
GUWAHATI: As a part of its global awareness initiative, the Northeast Digestive and Liver Foundation has started an aggressive campaign across the Northeast to combat the deadly virus of Hepatitis B. A team of specialists will be working towards spreading information about the deadly virus and educating people on how …
Liver cancers are embedded with a type of super cancer stem cells that make them resistant to chemotherapy, spread to other body parts and stage a comeback even after they are surgically removed, researchers in Hong Kong reported on Thursday. The discovery, published this week in the journal Cell Stem …
An experimental tuberculosis shot for children works best when it is not given with other vaccines, a new study has found. The finding raises concerns because doctors working in Africa prefer to give babies as many vaccines as possible at once.
THE national vaccine policy draft, submitted in the Delhi High Court recently, strongly favours inclusion of new vaccines in the Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP). The court had sought the draft from the Centre last year in a case against introduction of new vaccines. It will hear the case next on …
Nearly 80 to 90 liver transplants are being performed in a year in Chennai, says expert VELLORE: With Hepatitis B and C being viruses which mainly damage the liver, India accounts for medium prevalence of hepatitis in the world. Approximately, the country has seven to eight per cent prevalence of …
PESHAWAR, Jan 18: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hepatitis Control Programme will provide free diagnostic and treatment facilities to 60,000 people deserving Zakat at the government-run hospitals under a five-year plan costing Rs2.5 billion. “The federal government has approved a Rs2.5 billion programme for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under which every year Rs500 …
PESHAWAR, Jan 18: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Hepatitis Control Programme will provide free diagnostic and treatment facilities to 60,000 people deserving Zakat at the government-run hospitals under a five-year plan costing Rs2.5 billion. “The federal government has approved a Rs2.5 billion programme for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under which every year Rs500 …
After the battling increasing number of cases of HIV, Tihar Jail authorities are bracing for a fight against Hepatitis C. In 2008, when screening was introduced, 261 of the 742 screened inmates tested positive for Hepatitis C. In comparison, about 201 of the 2,540 inmates screened for HIV tested positive, …
Wednesday was an unmemorable day for the family of Mayank Goyel, a resident of Goregaon (West), when all of them suffered chronic vomiting and infective diarrhoea, while his youngest daughter Sandhya tested positive for hepatitis E. But doctors say the 12-year-old is not the only one battling the infectious disease …
