Hepatitis B and C resulted in more deaths in Pakistan than in China.
Hepatitis B and C kills more than 300 people a day in Pakistan, the highest number of Hepatitis B and C patients in the world after China, and thousands of people are infected each year. Die.
The Hepatitis Awareness Seminar was organized by Pak GI and Liver Diseases Society (PGLDS) in association with Karachi Press Club. In which gastroenterologists addressed an awareness seminar on World Hepatitis Day 2021 held at Karachi Press Club.
PGLDS President Dr. Lubna Kamani, Vice President Dr. Nazish Butt, Prof. Dr. Shahid Ahmed, Prof. Amanullah Abbasi and Dr. Sajjad Jamil also addressed the seminar.
Hepatitis B and C tests were also conducted for the members of Karachi Press Club, their families and employees on the occasion. After the awareness seminar, a short walk was also conducted to create awareness among the people.
Dr Lubna Kamani of Liaquat National Hospital and Aga Khan University Hospital said that Pakistan was facing an epidemic of hepatitis B and C along with corona where more than 300 people die of hepatitis-related liver disease daily. He said that the number of Hepatitis B and C patients in Pakistan is more than one and a half crore and the number is increasing by one and a half lakh every year.
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Hepatitis B and contaminated blood are transmitted from person to person through multiple use of syringes, drips, contaminated instruments of dentists and barbers and nose and ears, said Dr. Lubna Kamani. There are contaminated needles piercing.
He said that if the government of Pakistan was to get rid of the disease by 2030, it would have to screen 90 per cent of the country's population for these two diseases and provide treatment facilities to 80 per cent of the people suffering from the disease.
Dr Nazish Butt of Jinnah Hospital said that in some areas of Sindh, including Jacobabad, Larkana, Qambar and the border tribal areas of Sindh and Balochistan, the rate of the disease was 15 to 25 per cent. Increase Hepatitis B and C screening in areas as well as cities.
Dr. Shahid Ahmed, Patron of PGLDSK, said that Hepatitis B and C are not only treatable diseases but also very cheap and easy to treat. Dozens of welfare organizations and government agencies across the country including Karachi They not only screen for hepatitis B and C but also provide free medicine to people with the disease.
Prof. Dr. Sajjad Jameel of Liaquat National Hospital said that people should not only be vaccinated against coronavirus but they can not only be protected by vaccinating against other diseases including hepatitis but also protecting the pain around them from other diseases. Can keep
Professor Amanullah Abbasi, a professor and former registrar at Dow University Karachi, said there was a need to create awareness about hepatitis B and C in rural areas of Sindh and Balochistan. People's livers are deteriorating. By creating awareness among the people about liver diseases, they can be saved from dying in their youth.
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