Facts about Hepatitis in Indonesia

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Facts about Hepatitis in Indonesia

Hepatitis is a public health problem in the world including in Indonesia, which includes Hepatitis A, B, C, D and E. Hepatitis A and E often appear as extraordinary events, because they are transmitted orally and are usually associated with clean and healthy life behaviors , and is acute. While Hepatitis B, C and D (rarely) are transmitted parenterally (not through the gastrointestinal tract), can become chronic, and cause liver cancer.

Concerningly, this hepatitis disease affects many people in Indonesia. Indonesia dominates the endemic of the second most Hepatitis B in Southeast Asia, after Myanmar. When viewed in terms of age, hepatitis sufferers are the most vulnerable, ranging from 5-14 years and 25-54 years, which is fairly early.

Seeing the fact that Hepatitis is a serious and global public health problem, in 2010 at the 63rd World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 20, 2010, Indonesia and Brazil and Colombia were the main sponsors for the Resolution of the Hepatitis Virus, as Global Public Health Concern. This proposal was accepted and the resolution of Hepatitis number 63.18 came out which stated that:
a. Hepatitis virus is one of the world's priority agenda
b. July 28 is designated as World Hepatitis Day

Facts about hepatitis in Indonesia are collected by the following HelloSehat team.

Facts about Hepatitis in Indonesia
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