World Hepatitis Alliance, in a report on Friday, children are suffering a huge burden of viral hepatitis worldwide, and the public health implications of this are enormous.
The analysis in the report was conducted by Manal El-Sayed, professor of pediatrics at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, and the Polaris Observatory, led by Dr. Homie Razavi with the Center for Disease Analysis Foundation in Colorado, the U.S. Raquel Peck, CEO of the World Hepatitis Alliance.
“Most infected infants and children are not diagnosed, prioritized or treated effectively,’’ Peck said.
Read more: https://www.frontiersnews.com/viral-hepatitis-hit-52-million-children-worldwide-ngo/
Focus on children with viral hepatitis imperative for elimination goals
November 3, 2017
Recent data revealed that, worldwide, 52 million children are living with viral hepatitis, compared with 2.1 million children with HIV or AIDS, according to data presented at the World Hepatitis Summit 2017 in São Paulo, Brazil.
“We must act and treat as many children as possible. The economic and social benefit of early hepatitis C treatment in children is substantial,” Manal El-Sayed, MD, professor of pediatrics at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, said in a related press release. “This includes avoiding disease progression, removing social stigma and improving activity and school performance, and reducing fatigue. However, the fundamental principle is to avoid transmission by adopting ‘cure as prevention’ at an early age and before high risk behaviors emerge that enable transmission.”
Read more: https://www.healio.com/hepatology/hepatitis-c/news/online/%7B8a1cc8fe-43db-4e18-9140-bbc9ccac0c58%7D/focus-on-children-with-viral-hepatitis-imperative-for-elimination-goals
“We must act and treat as many children as possible. The economic and social benefit of early hepatitis C treatment in children is substantial,” Manal El-Sayed, MD, professor of pediatrics at Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, said in a related press release. “This includes avoiding disease progression, removing social stigma and improving activity and school performance, and reducing fatigue. However, the fundamental principle is to avoid transmission by adopting ‘cure as prevention’ at an early age and before high risk behaviors emerge that enable transmission.”
Read more: https://www.healio.com/hepatology/hepatitis-c/news/online/%7B8a1cc8fe-43db-4e18-9140-bbc9ccac0c58%7D/focus-on-children-with-viral-hepatitis-imperative-for-elimination-goals
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