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Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – The Ministry of Health aims to include 5 million pregnant women in the free screening program to prevent the transmission of hepatitis from mother to baby.
The program is a mandate of the Minister of Health Regulation No. 53 of 2015 on the fight against the hepatitis virus
"Until 2020, the program for screening the hepatitis
" hepatitis is expected to reach 5 million pregnant women "Director of Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Direct Kemenkes, Dr. Wiendra Waworuntu M.Kes replied Bisnis, after appearing as a speaker in a dialogue on the theme "The role of the diagnostic test in the fight against hepatitis" held by PT.Philips Indonesia on Thursday. 07.26.2018).
Also present as a speaker in the discussion which is dr. Irsan Hasan, SpPD-KGEH (President of the Indonesian Heart Research Association), and Suryo Suwignjo (Chief Executive Officer of Philips Indonesia).
He explains to date that pregnant women who have reached the program hepatitis B – which begins this year, has reached 1 million pregnant women. "We hope that pregnant women will be proactive to follow the program for early detection of hepatitis B, so that the status of hepatitis B during pregnancy.Protective efforts should curb the transmission of the disease. Hepatitis B from mother to child and be part of the goal of the Ministry of Health to release Indonesia from hepatitis by 2020. [19659003] Prevalence
According to Kemenkes' research in 2013, the prevalence of hepatitis B reached 7.1% of the total population and 1% hepatitis C. This means that up to To 18 million people were infected with the hepatitis B virus. Hepatitis C infected up to 2.5 million people.
President of the Indonesian Heart Research Institute, Dr. Irsan Hasan, SpPD-KGEH added that the treatment of hepatitis has progressed in 15 years because there are various m Irsan said that liver researchers are currently wary of fatty liver that can trigger hepatitis. The fatty liver is dangerous because the victim is less likely to present symptoms like other hepatitis diseases, it can only be detected by blood tests.
"Foie gras can be detected by ultrasound," Philips Indonesia's director Suryo Suwignjo urges Indonesians to be more concerned about the importance of early detection of the dangers of liver disease in the liver. (19659003) "Our abdominal ultrasound technology has been used by prominent hospitals in Indonesia, one of which is managed by the Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM) Jakarta and several other hospitals in Jakarta. In addition to hated efforts In the beginning, the community must maintain a healthy lifestyle, "he said.
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