Thai National Health Offers Free Testing for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C

Hepatitis B and C tests will be provided in 79 hospitals from August 5th to 9th, an NHSO official said Friday.

Dr. Rattaphon Triamwichanon, said the free screening was jointly organized by the NHSO, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) of the Ministry of Public Health and the Thai Association.

Free tests of hepatitis B and C

Rattaphon also confirmed that the universal health system covered screening for hepatitis B in pregnant women. The treatments of those who are diagnosed and the vaccine against hepatitis B in children.

The hepatitis C coverage program only concerns people in high-risk groups such as drug addicts and people who are tested for HIV, he said.

For more information on the upcoming campaign, you can call the hotline DDC 1422.

According to the World Health Organization, viral hepatitis B and C have affected 325 million people worldwide and are responsible for 1.4 million deaths a year.

Hepatitis is the second most deadly infectious disease after tuberculosis. It helps prevent and cure hepatitis and, in the case of hepatitis C, heal, said the organization.

However, more than 80% of people living with hepatitis lack prevention, screening and treatment services.

Source: the nation