World Hepatitis Day is being celebrated

KATHMANDU: JULY 28 – Today, World Hepatitis Day is being celebrated in Nepal by organizing various awareness programs. The ministry said there would be no physical program as the risk of corona infection remained.

The World Health Organization has set an international slogan, “Don’t wait for hepatitis.” In Nepal, it is being celebrated under the slogan ‘Hepatitis Eradication Basis, Public Awareness Prevention and Treatment’. There are five types of hepatitis A to E. Hepatitis B and hepatitis C are relatively more deadly.