Wednesday, 29 July 2020

World Hepatitis Day

World Hepatitis Day

World Hepatitis Day, observed on July 28 every year, aims to raise global awareness of hepatitis  a group of infectious diseases known as Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E  and encourage prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

 Hepatitis affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide, causing acute and chronic disease and killing close to 1.34 million people every year.

Hepatitis causes liver diseases and can also kill a person.

World Hepatitis Day is one of eight official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO)