Hepatitis: what you need to know, Adolescent girls face alarming rates of intimate partner violence, What triggers Asthma?
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Hepatitis: It's time for action
304 million people are living with chronic hepatitis B and C in 2022
Only 45% of babies received the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth in 2022
1.3 million people died of chronic hepatitis B and C in 2022
With a person dying every 30 seconds from a hepatitis-related illness, we must accelerate action on better prevention, diagnosis, and treatment to save lives and improve health outcomes.
There are 5 main strains of the hepatitis virus – A, B, C, D, and E. Together, hepatitis B and C are the most common infections and result in 1.3 million deaths and 2.2 million new infections per year.
Despite better tools for diagnosis and treatment, and decreasing product prices, testing and treatment coverage rates have stalled. But, reaching the WHO elimination goal by 2030 should still be achievable, if swift action is taken now. Find out more.
Adolescent girls face alarming rates of intimate partner violence
Among adolescent girls who have been in a relationship, nearly a quarter (24%) – close to 19 million – will have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence by the time they turn 20 years old, as highlighted by a new analysis. Almost 1 in 6 (16%) experienced such violence in the past year. Find out more.
Asthma: what you need to know
Millions of people live with Asthma and yet many of them don’t know it. It is one of the most common conditions amongst children. Unfortunately it is also often undiagnosed and under-treated. How would you know if you have Asthma? What are the treatments? What are some of the triggers and how can you manage your asthma? Here to help us know more about this chronic condition is Dr. Sarah Rylance.
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6 个月Thank you for shedding light on these crucial health issues. Let's work together to spread awareness and support those affected. Stay strong.
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6 个月When the AI guys start taking Healthcare seriously, we would still be talking about these kinds of minor level problems (Though they are high level problems now).
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7 个月Great advice!
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7 个月Morals are down sadly for a number of reasons.