World Health: 5.6% of the population of the Middle East are infected with hepatitis

World Health: 5.6% of the population of the Middle East are infected with hepatitis


History of edits:: 2017/4/21


{International: Euphrates News} revealed that the World Health Organization on Friday, injuring 5.6% of the population of the Middle East Pfirose hepatitis {B} and {C}.

A report of the Organization for a special status of the spread of hepatitis disease in 2017 that this ratio means injuring 36 million people in the region in any of the viruses of the total of about 325 million infected in the world.
And that " the vast majority of these patients are unable to obtain testing and lifesaving treatment, making the lives of millions of people at risk of slow progress to chronic liver disease, cancer and mortality."
For her part, the Director General of the World Health Organization Margaret Chan, in the introduction to the report "has now become viral hepatitis is a major public health challenge, which requires an urgent response, especially with the presence of vaccines and medicines for the treatment of hepatitis", stressing the organization 's commitment to ensure the delivery of these drugs to anyone who needs it.
The report explained that the viral hepatitis caused about 43.1 million deaths in 2015 , a similar number of deaths caused by tuberculosis.
He pointed out that although the deaths caused by tuberculosis and HIV are declining, the deaths caused by hepatitis are on the rise.
At the same time monitoring report injury nearly 75.1 million people recently infected with hepatitis in 2015, bringing the total number of living with hepatitis C} {inflammation to 71 million people.
Despite the increase in total deaths caused by hepatitis B} {inflammation of the new infections of hepatitis B {} is declining thanks to the increased coverage of children immunity against the disease.
At the global level , the report confirms receipt of 84% of the children born in 2015 recommended three doses of the vaccine for hepatitis B {}.
The report notes that only nine percent of all cases of infection with hepatitis {B} twenty percent of all cases of hepatitis {C} has been diagnosed in 2015. The proportion of less than eight percent of those diagnosed with hepatitis {7 t inflammation of 1 million } person dealt with seven percent treatment only those diagnosed with hepatitis C {} {inflammation and number 1.1 million people} have begun treatment regimen during that year.
The report also noted that infection with hepatitis B} {require lifelong treatment , and WHO recommends that drug abuse is currently {} tenofovir , which is already used widely in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ) .
On the other hand you can cure hepatitis C {C} inflammation in a relatively short time using effective anti - virus.
According to Director of the Department on HIV in the World Health Organization and the World Program of hepatitis in the report Gottfried Hirnschall "We are still at the beginning of the response to hepatitis efforts , although the road ahead looks promising."
He added , "There are more countries that provide hepatitis services to those in need , with less than the cost of diagnosis for one US dollar test as at least treat hepatitis {C} US $ 200", alluding to the need to take into consideration that the data highlights clearly the urgent need for the need to bridge the remaining gaps in the testing and treatment. "
the aim of the report on hepatitis in 2017 to provide a starting point for the elimination of hepatitis by pointing to the baseline infection with hepatitis statistics {B} and hepatitis {C} inflammation including deaths The levels of coverage of the interventions Alriasah.a Thi

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