It's really quite unfortunate I couldn't post this at the right time/day but we can't stop creating awareness on this topic, it's very important.
What's The World Hepatitis Day (WHD)?
The World Hepatitis Day usually takes place every 28th of July each year. This is to create awareness about one of the deadliest disease unknown to the masses. The World Health Organization (WHO) often create a single theme to raise awareness across the globe on how to prevent/curb the spread of the viral hepatitis and bring great changes to the world.
Meanwhile, for the 2020 theme... it's known as "HEPATITIS FREE FUTURE." According to WHO, "about 290 million people worldwide are living with the viral hepatitis unaware."
What's the Aim of WHD?
The major aim of selecting 28th July as the world Hepatitis Day is to create awareness and let people know about the viral disease to help prevent millions from suffering and lives bring lost as a result of the disease.
Why did they choose 28th of July for WHD?
This special day was selected in honor of the scientist who discovered hepatitis B virus - Dr Baruch Blumberg who was born on 28th July. He is a Nobel prize winner.
Further Details About Hepatitis Virus
This viral disease known hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver that causes a great series of health issues, such as kidney failure, liver disease including liver cancer.
There are 5 major strains of the hepatitis virus – A, B, C, D and E. However, hepatitis B and C are the most common, harmful and major cause of deaths, with upto 1.3 million lives lost yearly. Even with the new pandemic causing harm in the world... COVID-19, the viral hepatitis continues to haunt thousands of lives each day.
Meanwhile, I'll commend everyone of us to go through this link to WHO's website to grab some details on how to prevent Hepatitis B... The file contains great information about the viral disease and everything you need to know.... REMEMBER PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE! SAVE LIVES TODAY!
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