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Improve access to diabetes care
Oped, Poonam Khetrapal, Published on 15/11/2023
» Access to quality healthcare is a fundamental human right, yet millions of people around the world still face significant barriers to accessing diabetes care. The theme for World Diabetes Day 2023, "Access to Diabetes Care", aligns with the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region's NCD flagship.
More testing, treatment needed
Oped, Poonam Khetrapal, Published on 03/08/2023
» To mark World Hepatitis Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging policymakers, health care providers and political and civil society leaders in the Southeast Asia region and globally to accelerate hepatitis testing and treatment, recognising that everyone, everywhere has just "one life" and "one liver" -- the theme of this year's event.
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.