Hepatitis C: The silent killer
A lack of symptoms makes the diagnosis and treatment of this viral disease difficult. Improved awareness is the only recourse. Hepatitis C kills more people every year than malaria and tuberculosis,
Hepatitis
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Confirmed Omusati Hepatitis E cases now 11
ONGWEDIVA – Confirmed Hepatitis E cases in Omusati stand at 11 and not 10 cases as was recently reported. According to a report released by the Ministry of Health and Social Services, the number of suspected
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Hepatitis E spreads north
THE hepatitis E outbreak which has claimed 14 lives in Windhoek has reached northern Namibia, and one person reportedly died on Friday at the Oshakati State Hospital. The unidentified woman was a resident
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World Health Organization publishes its first essential diagnostics list
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published its first 'essential diagnostics list', a catalogue of tests needed to diagnose the most common conditions as well as a number of global priority diseases.
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Global prevalence, treatment, and prevention of hepatitis B virus infection in 2016: a modelling study
The 69th World Health Assembly approved the Global Health Sector Strategy to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. Although no virological cure exists for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, existing therapies
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Hepatitis E claims a third victim
HEPATITIS E has claimed its third victim, some two months since the disease outbreak was declared in Windhoek late last year. This was confirmed to The Namibian last week by Lilliane Kahuika, an epidemiologist
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Not a healthy year for Ludhianvis
Ludhiana: Health took a backseat for the Ludhianvis in 2017. Six major outbreaks had been reported this year. From a measles outbreak, four outbreaks of cholera, and one outbreak of Hepatitis E, the residents
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Centre to roll out action plan by October to curb hepatitis
Setting itself a three-year target to eliminate hepatitis, which affects 52 million people in the country, the health ministry is gearing up to roll out a national action plan by October end. "The plan
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Egypt's low price hepatitis C treatment attracting foreign patients
As more than a million Egyptians, Ahmed Nada suffered from hepatitis C before finding the path to healing in a country that has become a global destination for patients seeking treatment. The 31-year-old
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San Diego County Declares Emergency to Fight Hepatitis Outbreak
Officials in San Diego County have declared a public health emergency because of the spread of the liver disease hepatitis A. Infections have killed 15 people and hospitalized nearly 400 more, with