Sunday, 28 July 2019

WHO said Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal & Thailand achieve Hepatitis B control

WHO said Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal & Thailand achieve Hepatitis B control

Bangladesh along with Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand in South-East Asia Region has been able to achieve Hepatitis B control.

The prevalence of the disease has come down to less than one per cent among five-year-old children says the WHO in its report published on Friday.

Preventing Hepatitis B infection in infancy substantially reduces chronic infections and cases of liver cancer and cirrhosis in adulthood.