Hepatitis

Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue. Some people or animals with hepatitis have no symptoms, whereas others develop yellow discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice), poor appetite, vomiting, tiredness, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Hepatitis is acute if it resolves within six months, and chronic if it lasts longer than six months. Acute hepatitis can resolve on its own, progress to chronic hepatitis, or (rarely) result in acute liver failure. Chronic hepatitis may progress to scarring of the liver (cirrhosis), liver failure, and liver cancer.Hepatitis is most commonly caused by the viruses hepatitis A, B, C, …

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WHO: World Health Organization · 4 December 2024 English

vii, 45 p.

Priorities in planning person-centred hepatitis B and C testing services Operational guideOperational person-centred hepatitis B and C testing servicesPriorities in planning person-centred hepatitis B and C testing citation. Priorities in planning person-centred hepatitis B and C testing services: operational guide. 4 2. Framework for planning person-centred hepatitis B and C testing approaches 5 Step 1: Conduct test” for hepatitis B and C 9 Step 3: Build differentiated service delivery models for hepatitis B and


UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund · 4 December 2024 English

Women and girls are the In Sudan, UNFPA is working with local and women-led backbone of recovery and resilience – and central to organizations to train health workers and midwives, …

more than conditions, Chad is also battling a hepatitis E outbreak, 7.2 million women and girls needed


WHO: World Health Organization · 4 December 2024 English

47 p.

Control unit, DDC) shared updates on TB, HIV, hepatitis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) missing cases are ongoing challenges. For HIV and hepatitis, gaps in diagnosis and treatment persist, with RAKEI Director HIV/STI and Viral Hepatitis Ministry of Health and Medical Services Majuro


CSJ: Centre for Social Justice · 3 December 2024 English

Still Ambitious for Recovery: How to address illegal drug addiction and strengthen law enforcement’s role

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WHO: World Health Organization · 3 December 2024 English

xii, 43 p.

essential interventions concerning viral hepatitis, NTDs and NCDs. (b) Support will be provided for statistics 1.1 SDG 3.1.1 6. Hepatitis B incidence per 100 000 population Reduce hepatitis B incidence to 0.5%


WHO: World Health Organization · 2 December 2024 English

xi, 49 p., On the front page also: Protocol identifying number: ERC.0004184. Use of this protocol: As a master protocol to be approved by WHO Ethical Review Committee (‎ERC)‎, study …

Francoise Renaud from the department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs programmes, WHO, at WHO Headquarters


NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security · 2 December 2024 English

• Ensure a strong focus on women’s rights and the full, equal, meaningful, and safe participation of diverse Afghan women and LGBTIQ people, especially women human rights defenders (WHRDs) and …

outbreaks of infectious diseases including polio and hepatitis A. More than 160,000 pregnant and lactating women


WHO: World Health Organization · 29 November 2024 English

vii, 15 p.

2020–2021 Ebola: Ebola virus; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HPV, human papillomavirus;


WHO: World Health Organization · 28 November 2024 English

xiv, 126 p.

and differences 18 3.8 References 20 1 2 3iv Hepatitis A virus 31 4.1 Introduction 31 4.2 Prevalence Regional issues/differences 44 4.7 References 46 Hepatitis E virus 57 5.1 Introduction 57 5.2 Prevalence different foods 13 3. Foods associated with hepatitis A outbreaks in the last decade (2013–2023) 33 4. Prevalence and levels of hepatitis A virus in bivalve molluscan shellfish in samples collected (2013–2023) 36 5. Prevalence and levels of hepatitis A virus in produce harvested in the last decade


WHO: World Health Organization · 28 November 2024 English

v, 37 p.

......................................... 27 Hepatitis B and C ..................................... document was coordinated by Wole Ameyan, Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes overall leadership of Meg Doherty, Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes (WHO Zambia), Philippa Easterbrook (Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes) Kisia (WHO Kenya), Niklas Luhmann (Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes)


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