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Breakthrough in Liver Failure Treatment: Bengaluru Scientists & Doctor
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 13: A Lifesaving Innovation in the Fight Against Acute Liver Failure A revolutionary medical breakthrough is offering new hope in the fight against Acute Liver Failure (ALF), a deadly condition that progresses rapidly and often leaves patients with no
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Battling viral Hepatitis in Rohingya camps amid mounting risk, resource cr
Updated : 1 year, 9 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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WHO sounds alarm on viral hepatitis infections that claim 3,500 lives each
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The report, released at the World Hepatitis Summit, highlights that despite better tools for diagnosis and treatment, and decreasing product prices, testing and treatment coverage rates have stalled.
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WHO launches 'One life, one liver' campaign on World Hepatitis Day
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
To mark World Hepatitis Day (WHD), the WHO is calling for scaling up testing and treatment for viral hepatitis, warning that the disease could kill more people than malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV combined by 2040 if current infection trends continue.
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Bring hepatitis care closer to people: WHO
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The World Health Organization on Thursday called for making quality hepatitis care affordable, accessible, and integrated into primary health care, to bring these lifesaving services closer to people and accelerate efforts to eliminate viral hepatitis in the
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World Hepatitis Day 2021: Raising awareness to encourage prevention, diagn
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 27 (ANI): World Hepatitis Day (WHD), which is celebrated annually on July 28, brings the world together under a single theme to raise awareness about the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. In 2021 the theme is 'Hepatitis Can't Wait'.
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59 Hepatitis treatment centres established in three years duration in Punj
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 15 (ANI): In view of extending the medical benefits to high-risk groups, the Punjab government established 59 Hepatitis treatment centres in three years in the state under National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme (NVHCP) to treat such patients acros
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Find the missing millions: India against chronic viral hepatitis
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], July 27 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): Viral hepatitis is a leading cause of death worldwide (1.46 million deaths, a toll higher than that from HIV, tuberculosis or malaria, and on the increase since 1990).
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Eliminating viral hepatitis amongst children is need of the hour
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 3 (ANI): Viral hepatitis is a global health problem. Researchers suggest without abolishing it in children, its elimination will be impossible.
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World Hepatitis Day: Study suggests hepatitis C infection most common in N
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): An analysis done by SRL Diagnostics, a diagnostic chain in India, on Viral Hepatitis (A, B, C, E) testing done in its laboratories revealed that Hepatitis C Virus infection was most common in the Northern states of India when compared with other parts of th
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Indian population, carrier of hepatitis B: Study
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Viral hepatitis is inflammation and damage of the liver by viruses , most commonly hepatotrophic (predominantly with an affinity for attacking the liver - Hepatitis A , B , C , D , E ) or non hepatotrophic viruses (Generalized involvement of human body with
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Tata Trusts, Gilead sign MoU on viral hepatitis in India
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 8 (ANI): Tata Trusts has announced signing of an agreement with the US-headquartered biopharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences to explore collaboration to tackle the viral hepatitis in the country, a release stated.
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