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. …
MUMBAI: World Health Organization is launching an `Injection Safety Project' in India on World Hepatitis Day, along with guidelines to scale up treatment and care of Hepatitis. Hepatitis is preventable and treatable, but continues to be an acute public health challenge globally, and in south-east Asian countries. Safe injections, blood …
Lucknow: Contaminated water is the chief source of viral hepatitis in the state, warn doctors ahead of the world hepatitis awareness day. Hepatitis lands over 11,000 persons at government hospitals of UP each year, according to Central Bureau of Health Intelligence. Viral hepatitis-a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis …
Despite the cost of drugs coming down and dramatic advances in the treatment of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, getting rid of both types of the disease remains a huge challenge primarily due to lack of awareness and unsafe injection practices, experts have rued. Hepatitis B is 50-100 times more …
The prison setting presents not only challenges, but also opportunities, for the prevention and treatment of HIV, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. We did a comprehensive literature search of data published between 2005 and 2015 to understand the global epidemiology of HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and …
Viral hepatitis is one of the leading killers across the globe, with a death toll that matches Aids or tuberculosis, research in the Lancet suggests. The report estimates that hepatitis infections and their complications led to 1.45m deaths in 2013 - despite the existence of vaccines and treatments. World Health …
A leading private insurance company's report has revealed that the number of people applying for mediclaims during monsoon was higher in 2015-16 than in 2014-15, indicating that the incidence rate of infectious diseases was increasing. The pan-India study further stated that Mumbai led the chart with highest number of claims …
Hyderabad: Hepatitis infection is highest in Mahbubnagar district with 13.5% of the population under its grip, finds a year long study since July last year. The prevalence rate of Hepatitis, which mainly includes infection caused by Hepatitis A and C viruses, has been found to be particularly very high in …
Scientists have identified a single gene pathway that can disrupt Zika and similar viruses from spreading in the body and also act as a potential drug target for such deadly diseases. The findings showed that disabling SPCS1 -- in both human and insect cells -- reduces viral infection and does …
New hepatitis C virus (HCV) medicines have markedly improved treatment efficacy and regimen tolerability. However, their high prices have limited access, prompting wide debate about fair and affordable prices. This study systematically compared the price and affordability of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir/sofosbuvir across 30 countries to assess affordability to health systems …
The waters flowing through Estero Salado, a river delta in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, can be deceptive, even for those who have lived their entire lives alongside the filthy and meandering estuarine network. “We know the water is not clean, but you build up a tolerance,” says 21-year-old local activist …
Visakhapatnam: First the intense summer heat led to spread of viral fever in the city and now the continuous rains since Tuesday night have escalated these cases by 10 to 15 per cent. The fevers are of mixed nature -- viral and bacterial -- and doctors caution people against disease …
MUMBAI: Can the Hepatitis C virus help control liver cancer?? A city homeopath has published a study in an international medical journal on the anti-cancer effect of a new homeopathic medicine prepared from Hepatitis C virus in a laboratory model. There is, at present, scepticism over the efficacy of homeopathy, …
Cap On MRP Of Essential Medicines Drug price regulator National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has slashed prices of 54 essential medicines by up to 55%, including commonly used drugs for cancer (brain and breast), hypertension, diabetes, and other heart disorders. Prices of some of these drugs, including one for breast …
Twenty one people have been admitted to various hospitals in Mombasa over the past few days following a new outbreak of hepatitis A, county health officials have said. Hepatitis A is a viral liver disease that is transmitted through ingestion of contaminated food and water or through direct contact with …
With the latest report of the Pune-based National Virology Lab (NVL) declaring the water samples of the Ashwani Khud Water Supply Scheme negative for hepatitis-E , the sustained efforts of the officials of the Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Department have finally worked. Hemant Tanwar, Executive Engineer of the IPH …
Sanctions 70 lakh for a study by the ICMR to prevent recurrence of disease Expressing concern over jaundice outbreak in the capital town, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda on Sunday urged the State government to take necessary steps to check the spread of the disease in the hill State. The …
A total of 16,744 people died as a result of infectious diseases on the Chinese mainland in 2015, according to official data revealed on Thursday. In 2015, there were more than 6.4 million cases of infectious diseases reported on the mainland, said the National Health and Family Planning Commission. Of …
The National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, has again sent alarm bells ringing in Shimla and Solan. Eight water samples taken from Ashwani Khud water treatment plants in both cities and the Malyana sewage treatment plant have tested positive for Hepatitis-E. The NIV found that two water samples taken from …
A large number of cases of Hepatitis C are being traced in the blood bank during blood donation. Except for a survey conducted at a village in the district, there has been no assessment over the matter. However, the health authorities are of view that in every village, eight to …
European guidelines recommend the routine offer of an HIV test in patients with a number of AIDS-defining and non-AIDS conditions believed to share an association with HIV; so called indicator conditions (IC). Adherence with this guidance across Europe is not known. We audited HIV testing behaviour in patients accessing care …
