China News Service, Guangzhou, July 28 (Cai Minjie, He Yuhang, Wang Zhimin) The 28th is the 11th World Hepatitis Prevention Publicity Day.
Wu Shengming, president of the Guangdong Preventive Medicine Association, said that viral hepatitis is an important public health challenge facing the world.
Through the vaccination of the immunization program, the viral infection rate of hepatitis B in children has been significantly reduced, and the problem of "increment" has been solved to a certain extent.
On the same day, the "2021 World Hepatitis Day Online Conference" jointly organized by the Guangdong Preventive Medicine Association and others was held in Guangzhou.
Hepatitis B (HBV) is the most common viral hepatitis. It is highly contagious and can be spread through blood, mother-to-child, close contact, sexual contact, etc.; it is worth noting that kissing, eating together, working together, mosquito bites, etc. The risk of infection is extremely small, and there is almost no virus infection.
"The number of people infected with hepatitis B virus in my country is large. How to solve this part of the'stock' problem is an important direction for advancing hepatitis B prevention and control." Wu Shengming said in an interview during the meeting that it is necessary to carry out vaccination, active testing, and standardization. Three comprehensive prevention and control strategies, including treatment, will curb the spread of hepatitis and health hazards, reduce the burden of disease, and promote the overall effective prevention and control of viral hepatitis.
Zheng Huizhen, chief expert on disease control of the Guangdong Preventive Medicine Association, said that the most critical measures for hepatitis B prevention and control are active vaccination and active screening and testing, "striving for early detection, early diagnosis, early treatment, and finally standardized treatment."
Liang Xiaofeng, vice president of the Chinese Preventive Medicine Association and dean of Jinan University-Kangtai Institute of Biological Vaccine Industry, stated that although with the gradual increase in hepatitis B vaccination rates in recent years, the number of new hepatitis B cases in China has dropped significantly, but in fact, China The prevention and control of hepatitis B still faces many challenges. "The further development of hepatitis B prevention and control requires the establishment of a multi-sectoral linkage working mechanism while maintaining a high level of vaccination rate."
Gao Zhiliang, deputy dean of the Liver Disease Hospital of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, emphasized that the prevention and control of hepatitis is focused on prevention, and suggested that the general public should actively vaccinate hepatitis. In addition, they should develop good living habits in daily life, pay attention to hygiene, and nourish the liver. Liver, maintain a high degree of vigilance for hepatitis, attach importance to hepatitis prevention and treatment, and actively cooperate with prevention and treatment related work.
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