29 july 2021 - 05:15:32 MA Panafrican News Agency
WHO calls for elimination of hepatitis by 2030
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN health agency pointed out on Wednesday, World Hepatitis Day, that every 30 seconds a person dies from a hepatitis-related illness and called for all countries to work together to eliminate this preventable disease as a public health threat by 2030
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He was addressing an event held at Holy Family Hospital to mark World Hepatitis Day.
The event was organised by Rawalpindi Medical University Centre for Liver and Digestive Diseases aimed at launching an awareness campaign and establishing a screening camp at Holy Family Hospital.
The day is observed every year to create awareness among people about the risk, prevention and mode of transmission of hepatitis.
An awareness walk was also held on the premises of Holy Family Hospital.
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The faculty members and students of Rawalpindi Medical University took part in a walk organised to mark World Hepatitis Day. PHOTO: EXPRESS
RAWALPINDI:
Health experts have called for effective action towards combating hepatitis through sustained awareness and education as World Hepatitis Day was marked in Pakistan and the rest of the world on Wednesday.
According to data, around two million people die of hepatitis in the world every year with a three per cent global ratio of hepatitis C and seven per cent Hepatitis C cases. The disease is fast spreading in Asian countries with Afghanistan being on the top and Pakistan ranking second in the world.
Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh
The WHO South-East Asia Region is intensifying action to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. Globally, an estimated 296 million people live with chronic hepatitis B and around 58 million live with chronic hepatitis C. In 2019 viral hepatitis caused nearly 1.1 million deaths globally, despite the existence of safe and effective vaccines that can prevent hepatitis B and antiviral drugs that can manage chronic hepatitis B and cure most cases of hepatitis C. An estimated 60 million people in the Region live with chronic hepatitis B and around 10.5 million live with chronic hepatitis C. In 2019 around 180 000 people in the Region died of hepatitis B and about 38 000 died of hepatitis C – both completely manageable. In recognition of the theme of this year’s World Hepatitis Day – “Hepatitis can’t wait” – WHO is calling on countries in the Region and across the world to accelerate the hepatitis response and achieve our time-b
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