When is World Hepatitis Day?
Friday July 28thJuly 28 raises global awareness of hepatitis every year. The day promotes prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
Hepatitis is affecting more than 350 million people around the world. Although it is just one of many infectious diseases, it is also a group of infectious diseases. Both A, B, C, D, and E. Hepatitis A is always an acute, short-term disease, while hepatitis B, C, and D are the most common, long-lived infections. Hepatitis E is usually acute, but pregnant women are particularly vulnerable.
Some people do not experience symptoms in the early stages of hepatitis depending on the type of hepatitis. An estimated additional 3 million people in the world are infected with the disease as a result, but don't know it. Routine testing lowers these figures. Routine testing lowers these figures. However, those that need the screenings most may not know how to access them.
Other risk factors related to hepatitis include cirrhosis and liver cancer. In addition, the disease accounts for 399,000 deaths worldwide each year.
Free screenings will be offered by health care organizations in 100 countries on July 28. Other public immunization campaigns or public awareness campaigns may also exist. The World Health Organization and the World Hepatitis Alliance have produced a study describing all the events around the world at the end of the year.
