For World Hepatitis Day 2022, WHO focuses on the theme “Bringing hepatitis care closer to you” and calls for simplified service delivery of viral hepatitis services, bringing care closer to communities. Hepatitis A is a vaccine-preventable liver infection caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). Almost everyone recovers fully from hepatitis A with lifelong immunity. However, a … [Read more...]
“Hepatitis-free future” WHO’s Theme for World Hepatitis Day 2020
On World Hepatitis Day 28th July 2020, WHO calls for united and stepped-up action to build on the achievement of one of the milestone targets to eliminate viral hepatitis in the Sustainable Development Goals ─ to reach under 1% prevalence of HBV infections in children under five years of age by 2020. This is possible only by intensifyong efforts to prevent … [Read more...]