Monday, July 25, 2011
25 July - Health - Thursday marks World Hepatitis Day
In today’s show, we spoke to Professor Michael Kew - Professor of Medicine with special interest in Hepatology. On Thursday 28th of July is World Hepatitis Day and the theme is ‘this is hepatitis...Know it. Confront it. Hepatitis affects everyone, everywhere’. It is reported that because Hepatitis B and C are both “silent” viruses - together these two viruses kill approximately one million people a year. Shockingly, one in 12 people worldwide are living with either chronic hepatitis B or C without having any symptoms, they could be infected for years without knowing it. If left untreated, both the hepatitis B and C viruses can lead to liver cancer, liver failure and death. Professor Kew explained more. For more information contact your nearest clinic or the World Hepatitis Alliance at www.worldhepatitisalliance.org
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