World Health Organization has issued a warning today that “More than 3,500 people die from hepatitis every day” and “the global death toll is increasing,” he said, calling for swift action. To combat such infectious diseases which is the second most serious in the list of infectious diseases!!”
New data from 187 countries shows that “Number of deaths from hepatitis This will increase to 1.3 million in 2022 from 1.1 million in 2021,” according to a WHO report released to coincide with the summit. World hepatitis in Portugal this week
World Health Organization head of HIV, hepatitis and sexually transmitted diseases Meg Doherty said in a statement that “these are alarming trends…” and that “more people are dying from… Globally, there are 3,500 cases of viral hepatitis per day, with 83% due to hepatitis B and 17% to hepatitis C,” and “only 3% of people with chronic hepatitis B have who receive antiviral treatment by the end of 2022” and “Hep C disease, only 20% or 12.5 million patients receive treatment.”
“These results fall short of the global target of treating 80% of all people with chronic hepatic B and C disease by 2023,” Meg Doherty said.
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus added: “The report is quite troubling,” and “despite progress around the world To prevent hepatitis infection But deaths are increasing. Due to the diagnosis and treatment of patients Too few hepatitis cases…” and “Africa accounts for 63% of new hepatic B virus infections. But less than 1 in 5 babies on the continent are vaccinated at birth…
2024-04-09 14:56:00
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