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National Programme for Control of Viral Hepatitis
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- The ministry of health and family welfare is set to roll out a National Programme for Control of Viral Hepatitis from the 2018-19 financial year.
- A budget of Rs 600 crore for the next three years has been approved.
- Health ministry has reported that about 1.2 crore people suffer from Hepatitis C in the country.
- There is no known vaccine for Hepatitis C. Hepatitis B is sexually transmitted one. but Unlike Hepatitis B, it is not sexually transmitted.
- Hepatitis C is caused by a blood-borne virus which affects the liver. It could spread through use of injectable drugs, unsafe injection practises, unsafe health care, and transfusion of unscreened blood and blood products.
- Sofosbuvir is recommended drug for Hepatitis C under the new WHO treatment guidelines for Hepatitis C.
- Haryana has become the first state in the country to treat Hepatitis-C patients of all categories through oral medicine.
- For the first time, the state government has included oral medicine in government hospitals for Hepatitis-C.
- Hepatitis is a medical condition in which there occurs inflammation of liver cells and its complications vary with type of infection.
- There are 5 types of hepatitis viz. A, B, C, D and E. Each type is caused by a different hepatitis virus and It is mostly caused by a group of viruses called hepatitis viruses.
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