Cuban Scientist to Hold Meeting on Hepatitis Diagnosis

HAVANA, Cuba.The Cuban Hepatology Society will hold this Tuesday, World Hepatitis Day, a scientific meeting where the Cuban strategies on the diagnosis and treatment of Hepatitis B and C are to be discussed.

At the meeting, to be held at the Chateau Miramar Hotel, in this city, the participants will analyze a proposal for the development of a comprehensive treatment program for patients suffering from hepatic cirrhosis ,a disease, which is the main complication in these infections, reported the Infomed website.

According to statistics, over 500 million people all over the world are infected with either the B or C variants, and most of them are not aware of it. In Cuba, cirrhosis is the tenth cause of death.

Thanks to the wide coverage of Cuba’s health system and its government’s political will, the implementation of effective programs is a reality, thus allowing the reduction of mortality as a result of this disease and similar ones.

(Realizarán encuentro sobre diagnóstico de la Hepatitis)