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Hepatitis, one of the top killers: Expert

DECCAN CHRONICLE. Updated Jul 28, 2021, 5:26 am IST In the last three decades, there are 400 lakh deaths making hepatitis the top killer  Unless treated properly, inflammation from chronic hepatitis from B and C can lead to cell damage and eventually liver cancer. (Twitter) Hyderabad: Today is World Hepatitis Day. With the theme of ‘Hepatitis Can’t Wait’, highlighting the urgency of efforts needed to eliminate hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030, the world observes the day even as one person is dying every 30 seconds from a hepatitis related illness, even in the current Covid-19 crisis. There are 400 million people suffering from chronic viral hepatitis worldwide and over the last 30 years it has caused 1.4 million deaths every year. In the last three decades, there are 400 lakh deaths making hepatitis the top killer. In India, 40 million people suffer from hepatitis B and its prevalence is three to four percent among the population.

Hepatitis killing three to four times more people than Covid-19, warn experts - Pakistan

In this file photo, a health worker gives a hepatitis vaccination to a flood affected boy at a makeshift school on higher ground in southern Sindh. AFP KARACHI: Health experts and medical scientists have warned that the hepatitis B and C viral infections are a “pandemic within a pandemic”, which are claiming three to four times more lives in Pakistan than Covid-19. They called for immediate measures for the prevention, screening and treatment of the disease. They were speaking at an awareness session held on Tuesday at the Karachi Press Club in collaboration with Pakistan GI and Liver Diseases Society (PGLDS) in connection with World Hepatitis Day 2021, to highlight the global burden of viral hepatitis and to call for its elimination from the world by 2030. They stressed the need to have equal focus on hepatitis B and C.

Frequent testing could help eliminate Hepatitis C, says Regina nurse

Article content And Pam Ford, a psychiatric nurse based in Regina, is helping the process along, by raising awareness and advocating for increased testing. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Frequent testing could help eliminate Hepatitis C, says Regina nurse Back to video For World Hepatitis Day on July 28, she’ll help administer tests at All Nations Hope Network at 2735 5th Ave. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All Nations is a health-focused network that supports Indigenous people living with HCV and AIDS, but anyone can drop by for a test, Indigenous or not.

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