"Global Health" reveals shocking figures on the number of deaths from hepatitis in the world

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revealed that 257 million people are infected with the B virus. 71 million people are infected with the disease worldwide, explaining that viral hepatitis causes more deaths. A million deaths each year. As the number of deaths from tuberculosis and HIV / AIDS declines, deaths from hepatitis increase.

The Center noted that World Hepatitis Day coincided with the July 28 of each year, an opportunity to learn the global burden of disease, the efforts of the Centers for Disease Control to combat the disease. Viral hepatitis in the world and the measures that individuals could take.

What does the CDC do to fight against hepatitis in the world?

The CDC's vision is to eliminate viral hepatitis in the US and around the world. When resources permit, the CDC collaborates with the WHO and other partners to badist the country with high infection rate to prevent viral hepatitis and to control it. For example, to reduce the burden of hepatitis B and C, the CDC provides financial and technical badistance to the World Health Organization (WHO) and immunization programs in overburdened countries such as the Philippines, Vietnam, from Cambodia, etc. Alioune, the Pacific Islands.

To reduce the burden of all types of viral hepatitis, the CDC also helps WHO to develop surveillance, testing, care and treatment policies, and collaborates with States in the development and implementation of national control and eradication programs. This work, which includes Pakistan, China and Georgia, helps to identify best practices that can serve as a model for other countries, including the United States. The work of the CDC helps countries reduce the global burden of disease, risks for travelers and people's health.