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WORLD HEPATITIS DAY
World Hepatitis Day is celebrated on July 28 every year......
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World Hepatitis Day is celebrated on July 28 every year. The main motive of this day is to spread the global awareness of hepatitis. A group of infectious diseases known as Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. This day stimulates the
Prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
A millions of individuals are affected by the trap of Hepatitis. As a result, approximately 1.0 million denizens are killed every year. Not only this, it causes liver diseases and sometimes even kill an individual.
Interestingly, the date of 28 July was selected because it is the birthday of scientist Dr Baruch Blumberg who discovered hepatitis B virus (HBV) and developed a diagnostic test and vaccine for the virus.
On top of it is the second major killer infectious disease after tuberculosis. Hepatitis is curable. Inspire of more than 80% of people living with hepatitis are lacking from testing and treatment services.
On this day, everyone must be tested as sometimes we are not aware about the symptoms of Hepatitis. It is a very simple test. The only thing which people have to do is to visit their nearby doctor. Moreover, after the testing motivate your closed ones as well to do the same.
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