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Time to commit to 'Health for All'
Oped, Poonam Khetrapal, Published on 11/04/2023
» On World Health Day that falls on April 7, the World Health Organization celebrates 75 years of improving public health and well-being in the Southeast Asia region and globally, fully committed to achieving Health for All through universal health coverage (UHC) -- when all people can access the health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship.
Don't forget about viral hepatitis
Oped, Poonam Khetrapal, Published on 29/07/2021
» The World Health Organization (WHO) Southeast Asia region is intensifying action to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat by 2030. Globally, an estimated 296 million people live with chronic hepatitis B and around 58 million live with chronic hepatitis C. In 2019, viral hepatitis caused nearly 1.1 million deaths globally, despite the existence of safe and effective vaccines that can prevent hepatitis B and antiviral drugs that can manage chronic hepatitis B and cure most cases of hepatitis C. An estimated 60 million people in the region live with chronic hepatitis B and around 10.5 million live with chronic hepatitis C. In 2019, around 180,000 people in the region died of hepatitis B and about 38,000 died of hepatitis C -- both completely manageable.
Ramp up action against NCDs
Oped, Poonam Khetrapal, Published on 24/06/2021
» Amid the Covid-19 response, opportunities to prevent, detect, control and treat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) must be fully harnessed.