Hepatitis B and C
250 million people are living with the hepatitis B virus. Getty Images / BSIP
By: Igor Strauss
2 min
On World Hepatitis Day, we take stock of hepatitis B and C, caused by viruses that damage the liver.
Left untreated, these hepatitis can become chronic and lead to serious complications such as cirrhosis or liver cancer.
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What are the existing treatments?
What about the hepatitis B vaccine?
What are the advances in terms of care?
How to improve access to medicines on the African continent?
Pr Patrick Marcellin,
University Professor and hepatologist at
Beaujon Hospital
in Clichy.
President of
the Association for the fight against Chronic Hepatitis (APHC)
Dr Sosthène SOMDA,
Associate Lecturer in Hepatology Gastroenterology at the
CHU Yalgado Ouedraogo
in Ouagadougou
Dr François Bompart
, in charge of access to medicines at
DNDi
(Drugs for neglected diseases initiative)
, director of the hepatitis C initiative at DNDi from 2018 to 2020
At the end of the program, we find the sports column of
Dr Jean Marc Sène
, sports doctor.
► All the chronicles are available
here
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