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TESTAGEM DE HEPATITE NO MEIO DE UMA ZONA DE GUERRA CIVIL

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Na região problemática do GAO, no Mali, onde está ocorrendo uma guerra civil, nossa equipe conseguiu fazer testes para a população.

As forças da ONU nos ajudaram carregando os testes em seus aviões e protegendo nossos voluntários.

The Rotary Club of Agbor in collaboration with Rotary Club of Boji Boji Urban and Rotaract Club of State School of Nursing observed the 2019 Hepatitis Zero Awareness Campaign

The Rotary Club of Agbor in collaboration with Rotary Club of Boji Boji Urban, Rotary Club of Ogwashi-Uku Gateway and Rotaractors of Rotaract Club of State School of Nursing, Agbor, observed the 2019 Hepatitis Zero Awareness Campaign of World Eradication Week.

The free medical exercise featured screening of blood for the deadly Hepatitis B & C, door to door advocacy and awareness campaigns.

It will be recalled that it was done in partnership with the Rotarian Action Group for Hepatitis Eradication.

The Flag off was done at Ika South Local Government Secretariat by the Executive Chairman who was represented by his Vice, Hon. Mrs. Agboma. She thanked the Presidents and members of the Rotary Clubs involved in this kind gesture, adding that the exercise was in tune with the Delta State Governor’s agenda “Healthcare For All Deltans”.

She pleaded for extension of the exercise to enable more persons in the rural areas to benefit from the programme.

In same vein, the Chairman of Ika North-East Local Government who was represented by his deputy, Hon. Mrs. Kelechukwu, thanked Rotarians and urged the people of the local government to take advantage of this opportunity to get tested.

The highlight of the occasion was testing and rendering counseling services to the mammoth crowd that turned out for the event at no cost to them.

The exercise continues tomorrow in both local government council areas.

Aplican miles de pruebas de Campaña Hepatitis Cero

Guadalupe Adrián/Mérida
Más de cuatro mil 200 pruebas se aplicaron en todo el Estado durante la “Campaña Hepatitis Cero” que realizaron coordinadamente los 11 clubes rotarios de Yucatán, detectándose tres reactivos de casos de hepatitis C, dos en Mérida y uno en Cholul, informó Alejandro Rivas Pintado, presidente del Club Rotario Mérida Itzaes.

“Las personas que dieron positivo a esta prueba rápida ya fueron canalizadas a los laboratorios, quienes serán los encargados de informar si son portadores de este virus, para que de inmediato acudan a un médico para su pronta atención”, indicó.

Rivas Pintado dijo que fue una semana intensa de campaña porque se realizó del lunes 22 al domingo 28 de julio, como parte del proyecto que Rotary International realiza en Latinoamérica y que en Yucatán tiene como meta la aplicación de cerca de 4 mil 800 pruebas rápidas gratuitas, por lo que están pendientes por realizar más de 400.

“Fue una participación muy importante en toda la entidad donde se detectaron tres casos reactivos y esas personas ya puedan saber el tratamiento a seguir, si es que el laboratorio se los confirmó, además le da la oportunidad a las personas que no salieron reactivas a tener la cultura el cuidado y estar pendiente de su salud”, aseguró.

Las pruebas estaban dirigidas a personas mayores de 40 años, o quienes estaban dentro de los factores de riesgo de haber contraído el virus por haber recibido una transfusión sanguínea o haberse realizado tatuajes, entre otros.

Este virus a la larga puede provocar cirrosis, insuficiencia hepática y cáncer de hígado.

Fuente: Novedades Yucatan

Campaña Hepatitis Cero en Lomas

El compromiso de erradicar en el mundo una de las enfermedades silenciosas más recurrentes es a lo que apuntan desde el Club Rotary de Banfield Este, que junto a la Secretaría de Salud del Municipio de Lomas, realizará hoy a partir de las 9.30 la campaña Hepatitis Cero para identificar los casos a tiempo y poder controlar el problema que si se detecta tarde es mortal.

La Plaza de Santa Marta, ubicada en Tavano 1602, es el punto de encuentro para los vecinos mayores de 40 años que quieran someterse a una rápida prueba a través de reactivos que detectan la enfermedad.

El secretario del Rotary Club Banfield, Cristian Toledo explicó: “La propuesta es parte de un programa mundial que ya trabajó en el fin de la poliomielitis y ahora apunta a terminar con la hepatitis. El grupo de acción rotario San Pablo nos contactó a nosotros y decidimos convocar a Salud Lomas para realizar la campaña”.

La iniciativa busca romper el gran silencio que existe sobre la enfermedad, encontrando a los portadores del virus que desconocen su situación.

La hepatitis es una enfermedad asintomática hasta sus fases más avanzadas y, por lo general, cuando la persona infectada siente los primeros síntomas, ya es demasiado tarde; a partir de ese momento, tal vez, la única posibilidad de cura sea el trasplante de hígado.

Las personas mayores de 40 años se podrán someter a la prueba rápida, al igual que quienes estén dentro de los factores de riesgo de haber contraído el virus. “Médicos y enfermeros de Lomas estarán cumpliendo el protocolo en caso de detectar algún caso positivo. Luego se llenará una planilla porque la información es fundamental para las estadísticas a nivel mundial”, detalló Toledo, quien además invitó a los vecinos que se sumen a la campaña gratuita.

Fuente: Launión

Rotary Club, ACPN Conduct Free Medical Screening for Lagos Residents

In commemoration of the annual World Hepatitis Day, usually celebrated on 28 July of every year, Rotary Club of Gbagada, Lagos, District 9110, Nigeria, in partnership with the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN), took hepatitis awareness campaign to three strategic locations in Lagos State, where they screened patients and administered vaccines free of charge.

The hepatitis campaign which took place at the National Secretariat of ACPN, Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos and Gbagada General Hospital, Gbagada Lagos simultaneously on 30 and 31 of July, 2019, will also hold at the New Iju Agege Garage, Agege, Lagos on 1 August, to enlighten and screen hundreds of patients as well as administer vaccines free of charge.

 


A cross-section of members of ACPN and Rotary Club of Gbagada, Lagos, District 9110, Nigeria, at the event.

Speaking with Pharmanews at the screening, President, Rotary Club of Gbagada, Lagos, District 9110, Rotr. Akinwale Odutola, said they embarked on the initiative in collaboration with ACPN, as a means of performing their Corporate Social Responsibility for the benefit of citizens in those areas.

According to him, viral hepatitis has remained a major killer of people with a vast majority of patients unaware of their infection status until it becomes chronic or fatal, saying viral hepatitis has been implicated for more death in Africa than those caused by AIDS, Malaria or Tuberculosis.

Speaking further, Odutola further lamented the increase in the number of people with the disease, stating that it is due to the ignorance of the people on its mode of transmission, prevention and treatment.


Pharm. Gbenga Olubowale, undergoing screening during the programme.

 

 

In a show of gratitude, Rotr. Odutola praised and commended the leadership of ACPN and that of Gbagada General Hospital, for creating an enabling environment for the hepatitis awareness campaign project. He also lauded the efforts of ACPN, for the provision of vaccines and other logistic needs.

Speaking in the same vein, Pharm. Gbenga Olubowale, former chairman, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Lagos State Branch, who also doubled as the chairman, Committee on Hepatitis Zero World Eradication Project, Rotary Club of Gbagada, Lagos, District 9110, Nigeria, noted that over 300 million people are living with viral hepatitis unaware worldwide, saying without finding those people, and linking them to care, millions will continue to suffer globally.

Speaking further, Olubowale, a renowned community pharmacist, who is also a key member of Rotary Club, defined hepatitis as an inflammation of the liver, which can either be self- limiting or progress to fibrosis, cirrhosis or liver cancer.

According to him, the theme of this year’s World Hepatitis Day “Find the Missing Millions” is strategic as its coming at a time there is need to create awareness among Nigerians on how to prevent hepatitis spread, saying there is need to act now in order to stop people from dying needlessly from the disease.

Speaking earlier, Pharm. Samuel Adekola, national chairman, ACPN, while admitting that the challenge of eradicating the disease had remained a tall order for mankind, however added that the global search for strategies to subdue the scourge, especially in Nigeria, necessitated the partnership with Rotary Club of Gbagada in order to organize the programme.

Highlighting the challenges currently facing Nigeria in tackling hepatitis, Adekola lamented that the cost of hepatitis test was out of reach of low-income Nigerians, saying many patients had abandoned treatment due to lack of fund or unaffordability of treatment cost.

According to the ACPN boss, the effort put in place by the association in collaboration with Rotary Club, Gbagada, by taking up the challenge to confront the scourge through mass awareness, enlightenment and screening, will yield positive result and as well as reduce the prevalence of hepatitis in the state.

Font: Pharmalink

INTERVIEW: Rotary President in Guinea about their enourmous part in the Campaign

INTERVIEW: WATCH NOW!

Arnédo Houeto, President of the Rotary Club and one of the biggest leaders of the Hepatitis Zero Campaign in Africa, talks with local television about the importante of the Campaign in Guinea.

The reportage also speaks with representantive of Anne Marie Fundation in Guinea, also engaged in the Campaign and cover all the details about their contribution and participation.

Assista a matéria de destaque completa sobre as Campanhas de Testagem pelo Brasil!

No mês de combate a Hepattie no mundo o Ministério da Saúde divulgou dados da ultima no Brasil. O tipo C é o que mais preocupa. Os casos aumentaram mais de 100% entre 2008 e 2018.

A Hepátite C é a que mais mata entre todos os tipos de hepatite. O ministério da Saúde aponta que mais de 500 mil pessoas carregam a doença sem saber, correndo risco de vida.

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Zéro hépatite: nouveau cheval de bataille du Rotary Abidjan Ivoire

La journée mondiale de lutte contre l’hépatite été l’occasion pour le Rotary Club Abidjan Ivoire de faire le vœu d’engagement pour l’éradication de cette maladie.

L’hépatite tue désormais plus que le Sida en Côte d’Ivoire. C’est le triste diagnostic qu’a posé le Professeur Allah-Kouadio Emile, directeur-coordonnateur du Programme de lutte contre les hépatites virales, le vendredi dernier à la conférence publique organisée par le Rotary Club Abidjan Ivoire, en prélude à la journée mondiale de lutte contre cette maladie instituée par l’OMS tous les 28 juillet depuis 8 ans.

En organisant une grande campagne populaire et médiatique pour la première fois ici , les Rotary Club de Côte d’Ivoire veulent prioriser désormais les actions pour l’éradication de cette maladie, comme ça été le cas pour la polio pratiquement totalement éradiquée en Côte-d’Ivoire.

Voilà 3 ans que la journée mondiale de lutte contre l’hépatite a été instauré en côte d’ivoire. Il en était temps au vu des ravages de cette tueuse silencieuse. Désormais, les rotarys clubs ivoiriens emboitent le pas aux différents acteurs sur le terrain, surtout qu’à l’échelle mondiale l’amicale du rotary pour l’éradication a pris l’avance dans plusieurs pays avec son projet hépatite zéro initié par Humberto Silva (un célèbre rotary en brésilien). Aucun défi n’est trop grand pour nous les rotariens. Nous avons réussi notre pari de bouter la polio hors de notre pays et le dernier cas de poliovirus sauvage date de 2011. Aujourd’hui, la priorité du Rotary est d’arriver, d’ici 2030 selon le plan de l’OMS, à l’éradication de cette maladie. Ce que le rotary propose, en partenariat avec le programme national de lutte, c’est le dépistage rapide à l’aide de test fiable notamment sur les cas d’hépatites B et C afin d’éviter un cancer du foie à toutes ce personnes qui ignorent qu’elles portent en elles cette maladie virale. Dépistage donc pour connaitre sa séropositivité et prendre les mesures adéquates pour ne pas contaminer d’autre personnes, a déclaré vendredi à l’hôtel Ivoire Zenab Diallo, présidente du Rotary Club Abidjan Ivoire, à l’ouverture de la conférence publique qui a mobilisé des experts traitants, des clubs Rotary, des Rotaraciens et un public intéressé par ce thème. C’est une maladie qui se transmet différemment. Les hépatites A et E le sont de façon orale, dans des conditions hygiène insalubre. Quand les hépatites B, C et E , les formes cancérigènes, se transmettent exactement comme le Vih Sida, par des relations sexuelles non protégées, le sang, la salive, la transmission mère-enfant.

En Côte d’ivoire, avec pourtant un taux de prévalence de 8 à 10 % pour l’hépatite B (l’une des 3 pires formes d’hépatite avec hépatite C et l’hépatite D, causes de cancer de foie sur les 5 formes hépatite existantes) soit une population atteinte de près de 2 millions d’habitants, l’hépatite est encore méconnue du grand public, constate malheureusement le Pr Allah –Kouadio Emile. C’est pourquoi ,a-t-il insisté, en synergie, il faut multiplier les actions de d’information et de sensibilisation.

Font: Africactu.com