Public Health Specialist and Technical Officer for HIV and Hepatitis at WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office. Opinions and posts are my own.Joined December 2024
This #WorldHepatitisDay, take the pledge to join the fight against #hepatitis.
✔️ Vaccinate newborns with the hepatitis B birth dose within 24 hours
✔️ Get tested for hepatitis B and C
✔️ Learn the facts - hepatitis B can be treated and hepatitis C can be cured
✔️ Talk to your…
In the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Egypt and Pakistan locally manufacture sofosbuvir and daclatasvir medicines for treating #Hepatitis and have made them available at the most affordable prices in the world.
#WorldHepatitisDay#HepCantWait
Hepatitis treatment is affordable. Yet, most countries overpay for #Hepatitis viral treatment. Generic tenofovir is manufactured locally in low- and middle-income countries in all WHO geographic regions.
#WorldHepatitisDay#HepCantWait
Did you know hepatitis B can be passed from mother to baby during pregnancy or birth? Yet, only 46% of babies received the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.
✅ Pregnant women should get tested for hepatitis B during pregnancy
✅ If positive, antiviral medicines can…
Every 30 seconds, someone dies from a #hepatitis-related severe liver disease or liver cancer.
But if we act now, we can prevent 2.8 million deaths over the next five years.
Here's how ⬇️
#WorldHepatitsDay
It’s #WorldHepatitisDay!
Did you know that #hepatitis B is most commonly transmitted from pregnant mothers to their child during pregnancy and birth ?
It’s also spread through blood and other body fluids or exposure to infected blood via needlestick injury, tattooing or…
Every day, over 6,000 people are infected with viral hepatitis — the second leading infectious cause of death worldwide, claiming 1.3 million lives each year.
On Monday’s #WorldHepatitisDay, learn more from @WHO on how to protect yourself & others: who.int/campaigns/worl…
#Hepatitis B can be prevented with a safe and effective vaccine. The vaccine is usually given soon after birth with boosters a few weeks later.
It offers nearly 100% protection against the virus🔗bit.ly/hepatitis2025#VaccinesWork
#Hepatitis facts you should know:
Hepatitis B
👉 Only 13% of people with hep B had been diagnosed
👉 Just 3% had received treatment at the end of 2022
Hepatitis C
👉 Only 36% had been diagnosed
👉 20% had received curative treatment
We have the tools. Let’s use them…
Congratulations! #TimorLeste 🇹🇱 has become the third country in @WHOSEARO to be certified malaria-free by WHO.
Since gaining independence in 2002, the country has made remarkable progress to #EndMalaria, reducing cases from a peak of over 223 000 in 2006 to zero indigenous cases…
Guess what?
Tobacco control is working. More people than ever are protected, and lives are being saved.
But this progress doesn't stop here. Support tobacco control. Speak up for your health. Let’s keep going! #TobacoExposed#NoTobacco
.@WHO is appalled by the attack on Al Mujlad Hospital in West Kordofan, which led to dozens of injuries & >40 civilian deaths, incl. 6 children & 5 health workers, & extensive damage to the hospital.
🚨Attacks on healthcare must not be tolerated and must end immediately.
#Sudan
With support from @WHO, 17 child patients and 52 companions from #Gaza are on a flight to #Italy, where the patients will receive medical treatment. We are deeply grateful to the Italian government and health workers for their support and service.
We hope that over 10,000…
Today I extended my warmest congratulations to Egypt for becoming the first country in the @WHOEMRO Region to achieve the regional target for hepatitis B control. This recognition followed a rigorous review led by the independent Regional Validation Committee.
This achievement…
🗓️ Join us tomorrow at 14:00 CEST for our webinar, "HIV prevention in constrained settings"!
Moderated by @BGrinsztejn & @dkekouevi, with insights from experts on sustaining HIV prevention in the current political & funding environment.
✅ Register now! iasociety.zoom.us/webinar/regist…
🎉 Major achievement!
Botswana is the first country to receive @WHO’s Gold Tier Certification on the path to eliminating vertical transmission of HIV.
UNAIDS congratulates Botswana on this achievement.
🎉 Major achievement!
Botswana is the first country to receive @WHO’s Gold Tier Certification on the path to eliminating vertical transmission of HIV.
UNAIDS congratulates Botswana on this achievement. https://t.co/T1F9djzyIY
WHO Member States, meeting today in Committee A of the #WHA78, approved a resolution that calls for the adoption of a historic global compact to make the world safer from future pandemics. The WHO Pandemic Agreement will next be considered for final adoption by the Assembly on…
WHO Member States, meeting today in Committee A of the #WHA78, approved a resolution that calls for the adoption of a historic global compact to make the world safer from future pandemics. The WHO Pandemic Agreement will next be considered for final adoption by the Assembly on…
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