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. …
Pollutants may be contributing to a sharp increase in the number of cases of liver disease, US researchers said on Friday. They said as many as a third of US adults showed signs of having liver disease not caused by normal triggers such as alcohol abuse and viral hepatitis. While …
AHMEDABAD: The outbreak of hepatitis-B, which claimed the lives of 92 people, is believed to be Gujarat's worst epidemic since the plague which hit Surat in 1994. Most of the deaths in Modasa happened in the age group of 15 to 45 years. While during the Surat plague', two investigation …
Using slashed fruits, direct exposure to dust, substandard drinks prepared through unhygienic ways cause dangerous diseases out breaks like gastro-enteritis, hepatitis A & E, typhoid, cholera and others. This was stated by Pakistan Medical Society (PMS) Chairman Dr Masood Akhtar Sheikh while addressing a lecture held under the auspices of …
The number of the people suffering from hepatitis B and C viruses has been increasing in Bangladesh and it is time to raise awareness among the people to prevent and treat the diseases which often turn into fatal. Experts said this yesterday at different programmes organised to mark the World …
Ludhiana: The city hospitals observed World Hepatitis Awareness Day today in order to educate people about liver diseases. Dr Nirmaljeet Singh Malhi (liver specialist) at Deep Hospital, Ludhiana, organised a free hepatitis B and C screening camp today. The hospital authorities distributed information booklets on hepatitis B and C and …
LUCKNOW: Over a thousand patients of hepatitis B and C are reported at gastroenterology department of Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) annually. Specific observations indicate that 10-12 per cent report in terminal stages of their disease. Treatment at the advance stage is often difficult with liver …
One out of every 8 to 10 persons in Pakistan is a carrier of Hepatitis B and C disease which is 100 times more infectious than fatal disease of Aids. Renowned Gastroenterologist, former Principal Services Institute of Medical Sciences and President Pakistan Society of Gastroenterology, Dr Muhammad Saeed Khokhar said …
Experts at a thanksgiving ceremony yesterday said around eight percent of the country's total population is infected with hepatitis B virus, while below one percent with hepatitis C virus. They also said that 3.5 percent of the pregnant mothers are affected with hepatitis B. Liver Foundation of Bangladesh organised the …
Ahmedabad : They cost just 50 paise more than normal syringes. But, not using them can prove very costly! We're talking about auto disposable (AD) syringes that can't be reused. The outbreak of hepatitis-B in Modasa, that claimed more than 60 lives, on account of reuse of disposable syringes shocked …
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Deaths because of hepatitis were on the increase in the interiors of Sindh, said Sindh Agriculture University Vice-Chancellor Dr Abdul Qadir Mughal. But the poor of the province were not aware of the killer disease, he said on Tuesday at the launching of a three-day campaign to diagnose hepatitis B …
Deaths because of hepatitis were on the increase in the interiors of Sindh, said Sindh Agriculture University Vice-Chancellor Dr Abdul Qadir Mughal. But the poor of the province were not aware of the killer disease, he said on Tuesday at the launching of a three-day campaign to diagnose hepatitis B …
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday asked the Ministry of Health to expedite efforts for ensuring complete eradication of Hepatitis from the country. The prime minister was talking to Parliamentary Secretary for Health Mehreen Bhutto at Parliament House Chamber here. The parliamentary secretary briefed the prime minister about the …
About 1010 people were found hepatitis B and C positive out of 12,000 screened at Civil Hospital Makli, Sujawal taluka hospital and Shaikh Zaid Medical Centre, Mirpur Sakro, said EDO of health Dr Arifa Tahirani on Thursday. Dr Tahirani said that 70,000 schoolgoing children in the district had been vaccinated …
AHMEDABAD: Hepatitis-B scare that swept city followed by anomalies in disposal of biomedical waste (BMW) seem to have finally prompted Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to plan its own BMW disposal site in a public-private partnership (PPP). Recently, raids by AMC and Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) revealed a deadly industry …
Going into the general elections, Narendra Modi will fight not his rivals, but a virus. A Hepatitis B outbreak in the northern district of Modasa and nearby villages has claimed 61 lives since February and infected more than 185 people. The virus attacks the liver and can cause death from …
Ahmedabad : Hepatitis-B outbreak that crept silently upon unsuspecting victims has claimed more lives than the Surat plague which drew global attention and saw not less than five lakh people fleeing the city in panic! Final toll of hepatitis-B that startled health authorities by claiming quick victims stood at 59 …
Ahmedabad: Hepatitis-B outbreak that crept silently upon unsuspecting victims has claimed more lives than the suspected Surat plague which drew global attention and saw not less than five lakh people fleeing the city in panic! Final toll of hepatitis-B that startled health authorities by claiming quick victims stood at 59 …
