On Thursday 27 July, the Chubut Province Health Department will organize a prevention and transmission event, which will include information sessions open to the entire community, free testing and vaccinations.
Within the framework of the “International Viral Hepatitis Day”, which is commemorated every year on 28 July, the Ministry of Health of the Chubut Province, through the Provincial Department of Epidemiology and Epidemiology, has planned a series of various awareness and promotional awareness of this issue.
To that end, says Sebastián Restuccia, director of the province’s HIV, STI and viral hepatitis program, “Barrier methods such as condoms or latex fields can significantly reduce the likelihood of transmission. sex, so it is necessary to use them in all sexual activities”, adding that “they protect against not only hepatitis, but any other sexually transmitted infection”.
In addition, “our national vaccination calendar includes hepatitis A and hepatitis B vaccines,” explaining that “these vaccines are freely available in all health centers and public hospitals anywhere in our province.”
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“Most viral hepatitis can be asymptomatic, so the only way to detect it is through specific blood tests,” Restucia clarified, noting that “public health providers can perform the test for free.”
In this sense, the provincial instructor emphasized, “Currently there is free treatment for chronic hepatitis B and cure hepatitis C, which is very safe and effective, so it is very important for everyone to have the corresponding blood tests so that Discovery detects any possible infection as early as possible.
about hepatitis
The term refers to an inflammatory disease of the liver that can be caused by five different types of viruses, hence the name, and thus able to treat hepatitis A, B, C, D and E, and represents all types hepatitis. Because of their potential to cause disease outbreaks and spread of epidemics, they represent a real global public health problem.
Specifically, it should be noted that hepatitis B, C and D are transmitted through sexual contact or blood transfusions and can progress to chronic diseases with serious consequences such as cirrhosis or hepatocellular carcinoma.