Tag: Hepatitis

Bringing hepatitis care closer to you; Hygiene and vaccine is the key

Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. There are five main types of the hepatitis virus – A, B, C, D and E. Hepatitis B and C lead to chronic disease in hundreds of millions of people globally.

July 28, 2022

95 per cent of world’s 400 million people infected with Hepatitis-B unaware of their condition

The people who are infected but are unaware of their condition are at high risk of developing chronic liver disease and complications and at the same time unknowingly keep transmitting the infection to healthy people, Prof Sahu said.

July 29, 2021

Myths and Facts associated with transmission of Hepatitis virus

We loose over 50,000 individuals annually due to liver failure as a result of hepatitis.

July 31, 2020

5 Ayurvedic herbs that help keep your liver safe

It is necessary to keep the liver functioning, because without it one cannot live

April 21, 2019

Liver cirrhosis: Addressing the silent killer

Liver cirrhosis is known as a silent killer as the symptoms are not apparent until the liver suffers significant damage.

April 18, 2019

Urgent action needed to find, test and treat missing viral hepatitis patients: WHO

World Hepatitis Alliance is launching a campaign, ‘Find the Missing Millions’, to mark the World Hepatitis Day

July 27, 2018

World Hepatitis Day | Prevention, vaccine and everything else you should know about hepatitis

According to World Hepatitis Alliance, 300 million people are living with hepatitis completely unaware of the same; Hepatitis B is the most common form of serious liver infection in the world

July 27, 2018

How to overcome viral hepatitis problem

'Hepatitis infection can happen to anyone at any time... it is something we must all acknowledge and face up to.'

November 8, 2017

Opioid use behind spike in HIV, Hepatitis C cases

A study found evidence of injected drug use in 179 countries that contain 99% of the world's population aged 15-64 years, up from 148 countries in 2007.

October 26, 2017

Prevention & control

Hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver caused by viruses A, B, C, D or E. These viruses can be distinguished depending on the predominant mode of transmission – water or blood – and show significant differences in their epidemiology, presentation, prevention and control. Nearly 1,19,000 cases of all cause viral hepatitis were reported in...

June 3, 2017