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. …
The 69th World Health Assembly approved the Global Health Sector Strategy to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. Although no virological cure exists for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, existing therapies to control viral replication and prophylaxis to minimise mother-to-child transmission make elimination of HBV feasible. We aimed to estimate the …
HEPATITIS E has claimed its third victim, some two months since the disease outbreak was declared in Windhoek late last year. This was confirmed to The Namibian last week by Lilliane Kahuika, an epidemiologist with the health ministry. The victim was a woman who died a day after giving birth …
Ludhiana: Health took a backseat for the Ludhianvis in 2017. Six major outbreaks had been reported this year. From a measles outbreak, four outbreaks of cholera, and one outbreak of Hepatitis E, the residents of Ludhiana made several trips to the hospital this year. The water samples collected from different …
Setting itself a three-year target to eliminate hepatitis, which affects 52 million people in the country, the health ministry is gearing up to roll out a national action plan by October end. "The plan is in its final stages and we will be launching it very soon. The three main …
As more than a million Egyptians, Ahmed Nada suffered from hepatitis C before finding the path to healing in a country that has become a global destination for patients seeking treatment. The 31-year-old man contracted the disease by accident when he wanted to donate his blood. Previously, hepatitis C contamination, …
Officials in San Diego County have declared a public health emergency because of the spread of the liver disease hepatitis A. Infections have killed 15 people and hospitalized nearly 400 more, with the homeless population hit hardest since the outbreak started last November. The Union-Tribune reports that Friday’s emergency declaration …
Borno orders workers to return to local governments liberated from Boko HaramBorno orders workers to return to local governments liberated from Boko Haram The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has reported an increasing number of cases of suspected Hepatitis E in Borno State, Northeast, Nigeria. Borno is the state …
NAIROBI (Xinhua) -- Kenya will in August launch the first national guideline in the management of Hepatitis disease, a government official has revealed. “We are in the final stages and will launch the guidelines next month to help save people from succumbing to the disease,” Mary Mugambi, the Programs Officer …
As the World weekend marked this year's World Hepatitis Day, the World Health Organization, WHO, has disclosed that, estimated 325 million people worldwide have viral hepatitis even as the 257 million people living with hepatitis B and 71 million people living with hepatitis C have no access to treatment. In …
The deadly Hepatitis has been taking a heavy toll on lives across the world with an estimated one million people falling to the disease every year. In India around 40 million are affected by Hepatitis B. The incidence of Hepatitis B and C is also increasing in the Northeast region. …
Hepatitis B is endemic in South Africa, but up until now, little has been known about the local prevalence of hepatitis C, especially in high-risk populations such as men who have sex with men, sex workers and people who use drugs. Today (July 28), which marks World Hepatitis Day, an …
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised red alert for acute outbreaks of cholera and hepatitis E in Nigeria. The WHO blamed the cholera outbreaks on lack of access to clean drinking water and poor hygiene conditions, and the hepatitis E epidemic on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in north-eastern Nigeria. …
Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewale has said that about 20 million Nigerians were affected by hepatitis. He stated this at the weekend during the Guild of Medical Directors annual general meeting and scientific conference in Abuja. The minister said though many people may appear healthy physically, they could be …
This new WHO report reveals that an estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection New WHO data reveal that an estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) …
Casablanca – Morocco has announced its plan to wipe out the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) by 2030. According to director of the Epidemiology and Disease Control Administration, Abderrahman Maâroufi, this will be accomplished mainly through a new national plan recently launched by the Health Ministry. Maaroufi made the statement on …
The accurate assessment of liver fibrosis is clinically important in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB). Blood tests and elastography are now widely used for the noninvasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis in CHB patients. The aim of this study was to develop a new and more accurate predictive model, which …
DAKAR, Feb 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hundreds of people in southeastern Chad are at risk of dying from a worsening hepatitis E outbreak which has killed 11 people since September, medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday. Some 885 people in the Salamat region have been treated …
Punjab government's novel initiative to provide free treatment to patients suffering from Hepatitis C has so far benefitted more than 18,000 patients in state within months of launch. Punjab government had created a special fund with an initial corpus of Rs. 20 crore called the 'MukhMantri Punjab Hepatitis C Relief …
MUMBAI: Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines arm of Sanofi, announced the launch of an innovative ready-to-use fully liquid 6-in-1 vaccine, Hexaxim, in India. The vaccine, indicated for primary and booster vaccination of infants and toddlers from six weeks to 24 months of age, provides protection against six major childhood diseases - …
KARACHI: Despite being the largest public sector hospital in the city and among the few that have an incinerator, the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JMPC) at present doesn’t have a proper system to dispose of its medical waste, a major potential threat to the safety of its staff, patients as …
