Further efforts needed to eliminate hepatitis B

Ms. Li, 53, has a history of hepatitis B, but she has not been following up regularly. Recently, she went to the emergency room for medical treatment due to physical discomfort. The examination found that her liver function index was abnormal, so she was referred to a hepatobiliary gastroenterologist for an abdominal ultrasound examination, and a high-echo tumor of about 2 cm was found in the seventh lobe of the right liver. Although high-echo t…

Health ministry blames suppliers as baby vaccines run out – News Stand

Erasmus Shalihaxwe Sirka Bonifacius, a first-time mother, was shocked when the nurses at Windhoek Central Hospital told her that the hepatitis B vaccine for her newborn was unavailable. She had delivered her baby two weeks ago and was told she would have to go to Rhino Park Private Hospital to get the vaccine.  “I was only told after three days, but the baby was supposed to get the vaccine within 24 hours after birth. The nurse who told me to ge…

Hepatitis B birth dose vaccines to be rolled out for all newborns by end of year – GHS

Hepatitis B remains a significant public health concern, and the implementation of the birth dose vaccines is crucial in preventing mother-to-child transmission of the virus. But for over 2 decades, the country is now preparing to finally roll out the doses to all newborn in few months’ time. In Ghana approximately 2.8 million people are living with Hepatitis B Virus while approximately 14, 000 deaths recorded yearly are due to HBV. Half the bur…

Further efforts needed to eliminate hepatitis B

China has made significant progress in reducing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B, but further efforts are needed to identify and manage millions of existing cases and provide multidisciplinary treatment to reduce related deaths.

The number of cases of infectious hepatitis (hepatitis) has jumped in the capital, Pest and Fejér counties, with seven times as many patients this year as at the same time last year, according to the compilation of RTL Híradó.