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. …
There are about 15 million people suffering from hepatitis B and C in Pakistan. The prevalence of hepatitis C is around 4.8 percent and that of hepatitis B is nearly around 2.5 percent in Pakistan. A comprehensive effort by the Government is urgently required if we are to prevent millions …
KARACHI: World Health Organisation (WHO) is urging governments, in connection with World Hepatitis Day on July 28, to act against the five hepatitis viruses that can cause severe liver infections and lead to 1.4 million deaths every year. Some of these hepatitis viruses, most notably types B and C, can …
Mumbai: Nine more cases of cholera have come up in the past one week, taking the total count of patients to 25 this month. Water-borne diseases continue to rise as complaints of contamination sweep several wards. Gastroenteritis has also seen an overwhelming rise at more than 1,936 cases being reported …
Hepatitis has emerged as one of the major public health problems in Pakistan affecting 15 million people in the country. Out of five common types of hepatitis (A,B,C,D and E), occurrence of hepatitis B and C is reported the most. Fatima Jinnah Dental College (FJDC) Dental Public Health Head Dr …
PUNE: The city reported 10 cases of viral hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver, so far this month, states the latest report of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC). As many as 82 such cases have been recorded so far this year. "Two people were found infected with viral hepatitis in Pune …
Recent extreme temperatures that are commonly followed by floods can largely be attributed to climatic warming Near-record temperatures in Pakistan have claimed hundreds of lives and devastated crops in the third major heatwave in four years. But as temperatures on Friday dipped to under 38C (100F), signalling the end of …
‘State has 36,000 HIV+ people in the grey zone who are unaware of the infection’ Of the 6.51 lakh units of blood collected in Karnataka from April 2012 to March 2013, 1,096 were found to be HIV positive and therefore discarded. Shockingly, of these, a mere 236 (21.5 per cent) …
High incidence of Hepatitis A in two grama panchayats A study conducted by the district unit of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project into the reported high incidence of Hepatitis A infection in Thrikovilvattam and Mayyanad grama panchayats on the outskirts of Kollam city found that the disease spread from a …
Every 9th citizen is suffering from liver diseases, putting the number of patients at 1.2 million with 300,000 of them are in a dire need of liver transplant. This was stated by Prof Amir Latif who is one of two professors of liver diseases and transplant in the country and …
Dozens of residents of Gatauli village in the district are in the grip of hepatitis-B, better known as jaundice, thanks to the alleged contaminated drinking water and non-availability of a medical facility in the village. A team of doctors of the health department visited the village for the second day …
The Haryana Health Department has been taking all steps for the prevention and containment of hepatitis by monitoring through epidemiological investigation and awareness generation among people. The state is one of the first states to launch the pentavalent vaccine as part of the immunisation programme for the prevention of hepatitis …
Punjab Health Department has issued instructions to all the EDOs Health to launch a special campaign for creating awareness against the disease of Hepatitis. According to an estimate more than 60 thousand people are carriers of hepatitis C in Punjab. This was stated by Director General Health Punjab, Dr. Nisar …
WASHINGTON: Eating junk food regularly is not just bad for your waistline, it can also damage your liver in a way similar to hepatitis, a new study has found. The results were revealed on the television programme, 'The Doctors' , where it was found that even just a month of …
Ninety-five citizens of Donggang city in northeast China's Liaoning province have been hospitalized for suspected infection by hepatitis C at a clinic that gave them injections, local authorities announced on Monday. A statement from the municipal health authorities said 120 patients who had received treatment at the clinic were traced …
Nestled deep within snow-clad mountains, the people of Takiya Magam talk in whispers. They talk about a disease they know little about. Of the 4,000 inhabitants of this village in south Kashmir, 300 have been found to be suffering from Hepatitis C. The state Health Department has started screening the …
Doctors confirmed the outbreak of Hepatitis-C in Magam Sonabarie area of Kokernag in this south Kashmir district. The medicos blamed chemists and diagnostics centers “operating in unhygienic conditions” for spread of infection. Reports said at least six cases of Hepatitis-C have been detected so far in Magam Sonabarie village and …
For the benefit of thousands of children, now the pentavalent vaccine - a five-in-one vaccine, which protects children from five diseases, will be available free in all 21 districts of the state of Haryana. Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda will launch the vaccination on Friday. After the successful launch …
The source of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection at Ooramana has been found to be unsafe injections that the people received in 2011. A study conducted by Manipal Virus Research Centre said that inadequate hygiene and infection control practices at barbershops also led to the spread of the disease. An …
Batches of the world’s first vaccine against the hepatitis E virus began rolling out of a Chinese factory, promising to stem a disease that every year infects about 20 million people and claims 70,000 lives. The vaccine is being hailed as a victory for an unusual public–private partnership that could …
Screening for hepatitis C the conventional way is expensive and time-consuming. An Indian-origin research scientist has now shown how a point-of-care test can provide highly accurate results in 30 minutes and at a cost between $1 and $5. Researchers from McGill University, Canada, said it was the first systematic review …
