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Friends,
On July 28, 2012, World Hepatitis Day, Children’s Liver Foundation (CLF), reiterates its commitment to spread awareness on paediatric liver disease. Lack of awareness about liver disease, especially in children, increase this disease related mortality and morbidity, arising out of delayed or missed diagnosis, along with lack of access to appropriate treatment options.
Launched in 2008, World Hepatitis Day, provides a platform for raising awareness and international focus on patient groups and people living with hepatitis B and C.
This year it focuses to increase the awareness and understanding of viral hepatitis and the diseases that it causes. It provides an opportunity to focus on specific actions such as:
- strengthening prevention, screening and control of viral hepatitis and its related diseases;
- increasing hepatitis B vaccine coverage and integration into national immunization programmes; and
- coordinating a global response to hepatitis.
Hepatitis viruses A, B, C, D and E can cause acute and chronic infection and inflammation of the liver leading to cirrhosis and liver cancer. These viruses constitute a major global health risk with around 240 million people being chronically infected with hepatitis B and around 150 million people being chronically infected with hepatitis C.
Factsheets compiled by WHO on Hepatitis A, B, C and D can be accessed at the link below:
http://www.who.int/topics/hepatitis/factsheets/en/index.html
We look forward to your support for spreading the awareness on children’s liver disease, and helping us to reach out to more people across the country.
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