World Hepatitis Day: press conference dedicated to the work carried out in this direction in Uzbekistan

World Hepatitis Day: press conference dedicated to the work carried out in this direction in Uzbekistan

Erkin Musaboev, Director of the Research Institute of Virology

Information on the ongoing work on elimination and prevention of viral hepatitis C (HCV) in Uzbekistan

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On July 28 of this year in Tashkent, in the conference hall of the Radisson Blue Hotel, an event dedicated to “July 28 – World Hepatitis Day” was held, organized by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Scientific Research Institute of Virology of the Russian Scientific and Practical Medical Center, the Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center for Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Association of Hepatologists of Uzbekistan.

It was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Service for Sanitary-Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, employees of the infectious diseases hospital, hepatologists and the media, as well as foreign specialists invited from Egypt and Kazakhstan.

According to WHO, about 325 million people worldwide are infected with the hepatitis B virus and at least 200 million people with the hepatitis C virus. According to 2020 data, 500-700 thousand people die annually from hepatitis B infection, and more than from complications of hepatitis C 350 thousand patients. According to the World Hepatitis Alliance as of July 2021, 1.4 million people die from hepatitis B and C virus each year. In addition, this means more than just HIV/AIDS and malaria.

The head of the Service welcomed the participants and guests of the conference for Sanitary-Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan Yusupaliev B.K.

Lectures were given on the topic “Programs for the elimination of viral hepatitis B and C in the world and in Uzbekistan, successes and problems, experience of different countries.”

Mohamed Hasani, Kilichev Mansurbek Bakhtiyorovich, Ms. Amira Fahmy - Experience and support of the Arab Republic of Egypt in the implementation of the National Program for the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis in Uzbekistan (Egypt)

Gadoev Zh.T. - Spread of viral hepatitis in the WHO European Region (Republic of Uzbekistan)

Musabaev E.I. - There is a National Program for the Elimination of Viral Hepatitis in Uzbekistan. Results, long-term plans (Republic of Uzbekistan)

Nersesov A.V. - Metabolic-dependent fatty liver disease (MAFLD): new paradigms (Republic of Kazakhstan)

Kasimova R.I. - The meaning of the vector “Liver and intestines”.

In total, 130 people took part in the event offline and online, 60 of them from the city, 70 from the region.

During the event, media representatives received answers to all their questions.