What is the significance of World Hepatitis Day?

The significance of World Hepatitis Day is to remind the global public to raise their awareness and attention to viral hepatitis.

World Hepatitis Day is July 28th every year. The first World Hepatitis Awareness Day was held in Brussels, Belgium from June 6th to1October 6th, 2004. Its theme is "YouHaveCompany", and its main purpose is to publicize the knowledge about prevention, screening and treatment of hepatitis C to the public, medical professionals and government personnel.

July 28th is the birthday of the late Nobel Prize winner baruch blumberg. In order to commemorate the discoverer of hepatitis B virus, on May 20 10, the World Health Organization decided to change the annual World Hepatitis Day from May 1 10 to July 28.

The concept of hepatitis:

Hepatitis is the general term for liver inflammation. Hepatitis can be divided into two categories, namely viral hepatitis and non-viral hepatitis (autoimmune, alcoholic, metabolic, drug-induced hepatitis, etc.). ). Hepatitis in our daily life refers to viral hepatitis caused by hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, etc. These viruses are infectious, but their transmission routes are different.

In China, hepatitis B and hepatitis C are the most common, and often develop into cirrhosis and liver cancer due to long-term illness. Hepatitis D virus is often associated with hepatitis B virus infection. Hepatitis A and hepatitis E are mostly acute and have a good prognosis.