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Pakistan has highest number of hepatitis C cases in world: Pak PM's aide
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
While addressing participants of a seminar organised by the Health Foundation on hepatitis elimination, he said, "This places us at the heart of the global effort to eliminate this disease."
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Hepatitis C screenings to be expanded in Taiwan: Health Minister
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Taiwan is ramping up hepatitis C screenings among prisoners, drug users, and individuals with chronic diseases as part of its plan to eliminate the virus by 2025, five years ahead of the WHO's target. Health Minister Chiu Tai-yuan emphasised the country's confidence in earning gold-tier cert
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Battling viral Hepatitis in Rohingya camps amid mounting risk, resource cr
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C chronic infections can lead to serious consequences such as liver cirrhosis and cancer.
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Hepatitis cases surge in Pakistan; third largest nation affected by Hepati
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
At least one person in every family is expected to be suffering from Hepatitis B and C viruses in Pakistan and requires relevant measures to overcome the disease, reported The Express Tribune.
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People with hepatitis C cure still face risk of death: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Even after being cured of hepatitis C, those who recover have a much higher chance of dying than the general population—between three and fourteen times higher, depending on the severity of their liver illness.
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Researchers find how people with hepatitis C cure still face risk of death
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Even after being cured of their hepatitis C infection, those who have recovered still have a far higher chance of dying than the general population—between three and fourteen times higher, depending on the severity of their liver illness.
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South Delhi lab introduces 'groundbreaking' early detection Hepatitis C di
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
In a significant stride in the fight against Hepatitis C in India, Doctor Dangs Lab, a pioneer in the Indian In-Vitro Diagnostic industry, has announced the launch of the novel HCV DUO test.
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Study finds how single drop of blood can detect HIV, hepatitis B, hepatiti
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
At the European Conference of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) this year in Copenhagen, Denmark, data on a test that may detect HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C from a single drop of blood are being presented.
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Bangladesh universal health coverage indicators better than Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Universal health coverage (UHC) is a global health priority and one of the major targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Scientists map key protein structure of Hepatitis C virus
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A team led by scientists at Scripps Research and the University of Amsterdam has achieved an important goal in virology: mapping, at high resolution, critical proteins that stud the surface of the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and enable it to enter host cells.
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Hepatitis B-C treatment facility will increase in Uttar Pradesh: Dy CM Bri
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"Six new labs are being developed under the National Health Mission (NHM). Its process has been started. The treatment facility is also being provided to defeat Hepatitis C under the NVHCP programme. Till October 2022, 29776 patients were registered. In this, the treatment of 16111 infected
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Scientists unearth potential viral resistance mechanism
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Scientists have unearthed a secret that may explain why some people are able to resist viral infections, having screened the immune systems of women exposed to hepatitis C (HCV) through contaminated anti-D transfusions given over 40 years ago in Ireland.
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