vendredi 29 juillet 2011

WHO urges countries to make viral hepatitis a national health priority | AalaTimes.com

WHO urges countries to make viral hepatitis a national health priority | AalaTimes.com

Spread by contaminated food and water, lack of good personal hygiene such as regular hand washing with clean water, hepatitis A and E infection are of major concern in WHO’s South-East Asia Region. The Region bears more than half the global burden of hepatitis E infection. Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable. In approximately a quarter of all such cases, the infection results in death, and stillbirths.

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