GK
DAYS AND YEARS
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It’s closer than you think
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Hepatitis: Think Again
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Prevention of viral Hepatitis
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Elimination
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Detailed explanation-1: -The theme for this year’s global campaign is ELIMINATION. At the World Health Assembly in May, WHO Member States set to adopt the first ever Elimination Strategy for Viral Hepatitis, with ambitious targets and a goal to eliminate hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030.
Detailed explanation-2: -The motto for this year celebration are as follows: “People living with viral hepatitis unaware can’t wait for testing” “People living with hepatitis can’t wait for life saving treatments”
Detailed explanation-3: -Achievement of the WHO elimination goals would avert 1.5 million deaths from HCV alone over the next decade. WHO defines elimination as: 30% reduction in new cases of chronic viral hepatitis B and C infections by 2020, 90% reduction by 2030. 10% reduction in viral hepatitis B and C deaths by 2020, 65% reduction by 2030.
Detailed explanation-4: -The date of 28 July was chosen because it is the birthday of Nobel-prize winning scientist Dr Baruch Blumberg, who discovered hepatitis B virus (HBV) and developed a diagnostic test and vaccine for the virus.